Barbara Thomas‐slayter
Biographic Data
| ID | 3585835 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Thomas‐slayter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomas‐slayter |
| SIGNATURE | SLAYTER B T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Clark University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Feminist Political Ecology: Global Issues and Local Experience
Feminist Political Ecology explores the gendered relations of ecologies, economies and politics in communities as diverse as the rubbertappers in the rainforests of Brazil to activist groups fighting racism in New York City.Women are often at the centre of these struggles, struggles which concern local knowledge, everyday practice, rights to resources, sustainable development, environmental quality, and social justice.The book bridges the gap bet…
Sustainable investments: Women's contributions to natural resource management projects in Africa
Can prospects for improving livelihood security and building sustainable environments in Africa be increased if women have greater influence in decisions about how to manage resources? Anecdotal evidence suggests that this question should be answered in the affirmative, yet few development agencies perform systematic evaluations with gender-disaggregated data despite nearly two decades of development literature describing the pitfalls of failing …
Feminist Political Ecology: Global Issues and Local Experiences
Ecology, Community Organization and Gender (Ecogen) Project Overview
Land, livestock, and livelihoods: Changing dynamics of gender, caste, and ethnicity in a Nepalese Village
Structural change, power politics, and community organizations in Africa: Challenging the patterns, puzzles and paradoxes
Ecology, Community Organization and Gender (Ecogen) Project Overview
Politics, Class, and Gender in African Resource Management: The Case of Rural Kenya
This analysis addresses the relationship between class and gender at the local level. It examines resource conflicts as they interact with both class and gender within Katheka Sublocation, a community in Machakos District, Kenya. It is based on data collected during July and August 1987 as part of a research project with Kenya's National environment Secretariat. The purpose of the project was to explore the effectiveness of community institutions…
Implementing Effective Local Management of Natural Resources: New Roles for NGOs in Africa
Sustainable development seems an elusive objective for Africa's rural peoples, yet there are unique opportunities for nongovernmental organizations in Africa to work toward that goal. NGOs can facilitate this effort by strengthening institutional capacities at the local level. Several factors, however, impede NGO effectiveness. Among them are 1) issues surrounding NGO needs for autonomy and Government needs for control; 2) problems in
Class, ethnicity, and the Kenyan state: Community mobilization in the context of global politics
Water, Soils, Food, and Rural Development: Examining Institutional Frameworks in Katheka Sublocation
(1989). Water, Soils, Food, and Rural Development: Examining Institutional Frameworks in Katheka Sublocation. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines: Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 250-271
Structural change, power politics, and community organizations in Africa: Challenging the patterns, puzzles and paradoxes
Implementing Effective Local Management of Natural Resources: New Roles for NGOs in Africa
Sustainable development seems an elusive objective for Africa's rural peoples, yet there are unique opportunities for nongovernmental organizations in Africa to work toward that goal. NGOs can facilitate this effort by strengthening institutional capacities at the local level. Several factors, however, impede NGO effectiveness. Among them are 1) issues surrounding NGO needs for autonomy and Government needs for control; 2) problems in
Sustainable investments: Women's contributions to natural resource management projects in Africa
Can prospects for improving livelihood security and building sustainable environments in Africa be increased if women have greater influence in decisions about how to manage resources? Anecdotal evidence suggests that this question should be answered in the affirmative, yet few development agencies perform systematic evaluations with gender-disaggregated data despite nearly two decades of development literature describing the pitfalls of failing …
Feminist Political Ecology: Global Issues and Local Experiences
Politics, Class, and Gender in African Resource Management: The Case of Rural Kenya
This analysis addresses the relationship between class and gender at the local level. It examines resource conflicts as they interact with both class and gender within Katheka Sublocation, a community in Machakos District, Kenya. It is based on data collected during July and August 1987 as part of a research project with Kenya's National environment Secretariat. The purpose of the project was to explore the effectiveness of community institutions…
Class, ethnicity, and the Kenyan state: Community mobilization in the context of global politics
Water, Soils, Food, and Rural Development: Examining Institutional Frameworks in Katheka Sublocation
(1989). Water, Soils, Food, and Rural Development: Examining Institutional Frameworks in Katheka Sublocation. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines: Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 250-271
Class, ethnicity, and the Kenyan state: Community mobilization in the context of global politics
Politics, Class, and Gender in African Resource Management: The Case of Rural Kenya
This analysis addresses the relationship between class and gender at the local level. It examines resource conflicts as they interact with both class and gender within Katheka Sublocation, a community in Machakos District, Kenya. It is based on data collected during July and August 1987 as part of a research project with Kenya's National environment Secretariat. The purpose of the project was to explore the effectiveness of community institutions…
Implementing Effective Local Management of Natural Resources: New Roles for NGOs in Africa
Sustainable development seems an elusive objective for Africa's rural peoples, yet there are unique opportunities for nongovernmental organizations in Africa to work toward that goal. NGOs can facilitate this effort by strengthening institutional capacities at the local level. Several factors, however, impede NGO effectiveness. Among them are 1) issues surrounding NGO needs for autonomy and Government needs for control; 2) problems in
Ecology, Community Organization and Gender (Ecogen) Project Overview
Land, livestock, and livelihoods: Changing dynamics of gender, caste, and ethnicity in a Nepalese Village
Structural change, power politics, and community organizations in Africa: Challenging the patterns, puzzles and paradoxes
Ecology, Community Organization and Gender (Ecogen) Project Overview
Feminist Political Ecology: Global Issues and Local Experiences
Sustainable investments: Women's contributions to natural resource management projects in Africa
Can prospects for improving livelihood security and building sustainable environments in Africa be increased if women have greater influence in decisions about how to manage resources? Anecdotal evidence suggests that this question should be answered in the affirmative, yet few development agencies perform systematic evaluations with gender-disaggregated data despite nearly two decades of development literature describing the pitfalls of failing …
Feminist Political Ecology: Global Issues and Local Experience
Feminist Political Ecology explores the gendered relations of ecologies, economies and politics in communities as diverse as the rubbertappers in the rainforests of Brazil to activist groups fighting racism in New York City.Women are often at the centre of these struggles, struggles which concern local knowledge, everyday practice, rights to resources, sustainable development, environmental quality, and social justice.The book bridges the gap bet…
Political science (9 works) · Geography (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Business (3 works)