Climate Technology, Gender, and Justice The Standpoint of the Vulnerable /

• Main Author: Sikka, Tina (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Sociology,
• Subjects: Environmental sociology.; Climate change.; Feminist theory.; Environmental sciences.; International environmental law.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental Sociology.; Climate Change.; Feminism.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; International Environmental Law.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.

This book is the first to undertake a gendered analysis of geoengineering and alternative energy sources. Are either of these technologies sufficiently attendant to gender issues? Do they incorporate feminist values as articulated by the renowned social philosopher Helen Longino, such as empirical a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter One: Geoengineering, Wind Solar Energy, Traditional Environmental Approaches To Gender
• Chapter Two: Feminist Standpoint Theory And Feminist Contextual Empiricism
• Chapter Three: Empirical Adequacy
• Chapter Four: Novelty
• Chapter Five:Ontological Heterogeneity
• Chapter Six: Complexity or Mutuality of Interaction
• Chapter Seven: Applicability to Human Needs
• Conclusion.