Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction: Earthcare or Feminist Ecological Citizenship?

Part One: Theoretical Interrogations

2 The Roots and Rhetoric of Ecomaternalism

3 Down among the Women: Ecofeminism and Identity Politics at the Grassroots

4 From Care to Citizenship: Calling Ecofeminism Back to Politics

5 The Problems and Possibilities of Ecological Citizenship

Part Two: Conversations

6 Conversations with Activist Women: Towards a Counter-Narrative

7 The Private, the Public, and the Planet: Juggling Care and Activism in Daily Life

8 Activist Women Theorize the Green Political

9 No Motherhood Issue: The Project of Feminist Ecological Citizenship

Appendix: Research Process and Methods

Notes

References

Index

Promotional Information

A ground-breaking, provocative book that establishes Sherilyn MacGregor as a serious ecofeminist political thinker whose ideas need to taken into account and acknowledged by existing ecofeminist, feminist, and green scholarship. -- John Barry, author of Rethinking Green Politics and Environment and Social Theory and co-editor of The State and the Global Ecological Crisis Sherilyn MacGregor recasts women's involvement in environmental activism by developing a theory of feminist ecological citizenship and offering clear connections between theory and practice. This is an original and timely initiative that will engage green theorists, feminist and environmental scholars, and activists alike. -- Maureen Reed, author of Taking Stands: Gender and the Sustainability of Rural Communities, and co-author of Our Environment: A Canadian Perspective (3rd ed.)

About the Author

Sherilyn MacGregor received her PhD from the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University in Toronto. She is currently a lecturer in the School of Politics, International Relations, and Philosophy at Keele University in the UK.