Gender and Energy Transition Case Studies from the Upper Silesia Coal-mining Region
This volume takes an ecofeminist perspective in analysing societal changes related to energy transition, with a focus on Upper Silesia in Europe, following the closure of coal-mining industries in the region. It provides both a macro and micro view of how energy transition in societies built around...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2022, 2022
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2022 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Environment as a feminist issue
- 3. Silesian coal: history of Silesian industrialisation, the emergence of industrial society and its present restructuring
- 4. Silesian modernizations: analysis of the discourses of change
- 5. Coal perception in the region
- 6. Silesian narratives about the energy and ecology
- 7. The changing roles and values of Silesian women
- 8. Silesian women’s identity: the might of myth
- 9. Women's activity: "I" towards the change
- 10. Post-coal Silesia – the emergence of new regional identity
- 11. Upper Silesia: towards a sustainable future?