Books in the Routledge International Studies of Women and Place series

"Simultaneously published in the UK"--Title page verso.

Examines how social boundaries are constructed between men and women in the work place and how these differences are grounded, constituted in and through, space, place and situated social networks.

International development policy is responsible for much of the destruction of Central and Latin American rainforests. This explores how indigenous women are at last turning their voices to action, demanding grassroots strategies as the solution.

This work examines a wide range of migration patterns which have arisen, both on a national and international scale, exposing the tensions and difficulties which arise from this kind of movement.

Investigates the impact of relocation on gender and family relations among transnational professionals.

This book presents an overview of gender and agrarian reform experiences globally, highlighting case studies from Latin America, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. Jacobs also compares agrarian and land reforms organized along collective lines as well as those organizing along individual household lines.

This volume takes up the challenge of exploring the ways in which women are active players, collaborators, participants, leaders and resistors in the politics of change in the Asia-Pacific region.

This volume, a feminist inquiry into the landscape, provides a bridge between feminist discussions of space and place and landscape interpretations.

This book explores the gendered relations of ecologies, economies and politics in communities as diverse as the rubbertappers in the Amazon to activist groups fighting racism in New York and bridges the gap between rural and urban movements.

The study of gender in rural spaces is still in its infancy. Thus far, there has been little exploration of the constitution of the varied and differing ways that gender is constituted in rural settings. This book will place the question of gender, rurality and difference at its center.