Overview
- Studies Geoengineering from a uniquely feminist perspective
- Focuses on Climate Change at a pivotal point in ecological history
- Examines the social justice element of renewable energy
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Sociology (BRIEFSSOCY)
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This book is the first to undertake a gendered analysis of geoengineering and alternative energy sources. Are either of these technologies sufficiently attendant to gender issues? Do they incorporate feminist values as articulated by the renowned social philosopher Helen Longino, such as empirical adequacy, novelty, heterogeneity, complexity and applicability to human needs? The overarching argument in this book contends that, while mitigation strategies like solar and wind energy go much further to meet feminist objectives and virtues, geoengineering is not consistent with the values of justice as articulated in Longino's feminist approach to science. This book provides a novel, feminist argument in support of pursuing alternative energy in the place of geoengineering. It provides an invaluable contribution for academics and students working in the areas of gender, science and climate change as well as policy makers interested in innovative ways of taking up climate change mitigation and gender.
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“Science, even the physical sciences, is value-laden. This feminist insight epitomizes the approach to examining geoengineering discourse in this brief volume. … Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, and professionals.” (S. E. Wiegand, Choice, Vol. 56 (11), July, 2019)
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Book Title: Climate Technology, Gender, and Justice
Book Subtitle: The Standpoint of the Vulnerable
Authors: Tina Sikka
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Sociology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01147-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-01146-8Published: 18 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-01147-5Published: 14 December 2018
Series ISSN: 2212-6368
Series E-ISSN: 2212-6376
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 155
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environmental Sociology, Climate Change, Feminism, Environmental Science and Engineering, International Environmental Law, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice