After Chipko

From environment to region in Uttaranchal

Bibliographic Data

ID2159162
AuthorsEmma Mawdsley (0000-0003-0281-6858, Durham University, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume25
Issue4
Pages36-54
Publication date1998-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03066159808438683
OpenAlexW2155334015
LanguageEN
Citations received39
References cited21

Although the Chipko movement is practically non-existent in its region of origin it remains one of the most frequently deployed examples of an environmental and/or a women's movement in the South. A small but growing number of commentators are now critiquing much neopopulist theorising on Chipko, and this article provides an overview of these critiques. It then takes the debate further with reference to a more recent regional movement in the hills. By doing so, the author argues that it is possible to develop a more plausible account of gender, environment and the state in the Uttaranchal region, and illustrate common weaknesses in neopopulist understandings of Chipko and other social movements in the South

Aesthetics · Epistemology · Movement (music · Political science · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Strengths and weaknesses · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Philosophy · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · South Asian Studies and Diaspora

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