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Tag Archives: feminism
Population, Development, and Ecological Civilization in China
Much of what was said by both Sciubba et al. and Upreti relate to my own research on environmental challenges in China. While Sciubba explains the different consequences that the intercourse between demographic fluctuations and different types of political regimes … Continue reading
Posted in Demography and Development -- Week 6
Tagged pollution, urbanization, civil unrest, women's security, air, democratization, youth bulges, China, democracy, Upreti, Sciubba, population, demographic pressure, resource management, decentralization, ecological civilization, indigenous population, local knowledge, sustainable development, ecological justice, feminism, Parenti, water
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The interdisciplinary aspect of environmental security
Reading the chapter 7 and 8 really made me realize the multiplicity of subjects and areas that environmental security can deal with. It is a whole complex topic that needs to be treated through a variety of disciplines, each of … Continue reading
Health Epidemics and The Environment
This week’s reading largely consists of reframing security to include ecological security and gendered language to truly maintain human security. In order for people to be secure people do not need to just be secured from external threats but also … Continue reading
Not your Earth Mama: Ecological security and the gender-minority myth
A quick skim through the syllabus and my eyes went directly to this week’s topic “Ecological Security and Feminist Environmental Security” as issues of gender have always been consciously tied to those of the earth and environment, I was interested … Continue reading
Challenging and Reframing the Security Discourse
The central idea behind this week’s readings is the reframing of security discourse, including that of environmental security and ecological security. In Environmental Security, Pirages suggests that we must reframe the security paradigm in order to take into account environmental … Continue reading
Environment and Patriarchy
The fundamental characteristic of patriarchy as a power structure is exclusion, as gender, ethnic, and class distinctions define what we have a right to as people. This is extremely relevant to this weeks’ readings which all underline an essential question … Continue reading
Ecology + feminism = security
It has been thought that security exclusively focuses on protecting states and citizens from foreign military threats, however there are more challenges that humans face today. Not only are they military threats, but also there are ethnic conflicts, terror acts, … Continue reading