Gender and Green Governance The Political Economy of Women's Presence Within and Beyond Community Forestry

Bina Agarwal, Director and Professor of Economics, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi, India

Bina Agarwal has held distinguished positions at several leading universities and lectured world-wide. She was Harvard's first Daniel Ingalls visiting professor and held the Winton Chair at the University of Minnesota. She has been Vice-President of the International Economic Association; President of the International Association for Feminist Economics; on the Board of the Global Development Network; and a founder member of the Indian Society for Ecological Economics. She serves on the editorial boards of several international academic journals, on the UN Committee for Development Policy and the Indian Prime Minister's Commission on Land Reforms. Author of eight books and many professional papers, she has contributed to broadening the frontiers of economic thought both theoretically and empirically. An economist with a keen interest in interdisciplinary and inter-country explorations, her pioneering work on gender inequality in property and land, and on environmental issues, has had global impact

Part 1: The Potential of Presence
1. Presence and Representation
2. Gendered Interests and the Environment
3. From Absence to Negotiated Presence
Part 2: The Impact of Presence
4. Fieldsites and Field Profile
5. From Exclusion to Empowered Engagement
6. Rules and Rulemakers
7. Violations and Penalties
8. Conservation and Regeneration
9. Shortages Amidst Growing Plenty
Part 3: Beyond Presence
10. Connecting with Civil Society: Weaving a Web of Strategic Alliances
11. Engaging with Government: Extending the Web