Women and The Environmental Movement

This book attempts to explore the nature and direction of the environment development debate through the writings of three women environmentalists who used scientific tools to analyze the formulation of development policies and its necessary consequence and impact upon the lives of people and future generations. The work endeavours to explore few prime areas in their writings:

• The philosophical tools used as a basic framework for their environmental narratives and situational analysis i.e. the cost-benefit analysis, ecosystem approach, deep ecology or religious — spiritual or cultural argument?
• A narrative on the nature and role of government i.e. altruistic, benign or controlled by vested interests, corrupt and non-participatory.
• The nature of global interaction in environment and the prospective role of international agencies and United Nations in reaching out to the voices of ordinary people.

Ajay Arora (b. 1984), was born at a village called Sambhli, district Karnal, Haryana. He did his schooling from model school, Nivh Dehradun. Immediately after his intermediate, he came to Delhi University and sought admission in Hindu College in B.A. Hons. History. He did his P.G. in History with specialisation in Modern Indian History. Later he joined Centre for the Study of Law and Governance at JNU as research scholar in M.Phil cum Ph.D. programme. Presently, he is doing Ph.D. from Centre for the Study of Law and Governance Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has been giving talks and lectures at various Institutions as a guest lecturer. He has presented a number of academic papers at various national and international conferences. His area of research lies in environment versus development and climate change politics. The World of Academics holds his present work in high regard. In the domain of academics, he is highly sought after due to his scholarly work on environmentalism.