Engendering the Metabolic Rift: A Feminist Political Ecology of Agrofuels

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dc.contributor.advisorFoster, Johnen_US
dc.contributor.authorDockstader, Sueen_US
dc.creatorDockstader, Sueen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-26T04:06:08Z
dc.date.available2012-10-26T04:06:08Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThis thesis analyzes the gendered impacts of plant-based alternatives to petroleum, commonly called biofuels. Synthesizing case studies, scientific research and policies papers, this theoretical work adopts the term “agrofuels” coined by the peasant organization La Vía Campesina to reflect the true nature of these commodities – one of dispossession and ecological destruction. This paper documents the falsity of the claim that the fuels are “sustainable” by presenting facts linking them to deforestation, loss and pollution of water sources, destruction of important biodiversity and the knowledge that maintains this diversity, as well as economic exploitation. Most importantly, I verify that the adoption of agrofuel expansion exacerbates gendered patterns of exclusion and, in most cases, worsens women’s positions within the communities targeted for feedstock production with regard to land tenure, household energy maintenance, independent income and physical integrity.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/12444
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.en_US
dc.subjectAgrofuelsen_US
dc.subjectEnergyen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectMetabolic riften_US
dc.subjectSustainableen_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.titleEngendering the Metabolic Rift: A Feminist Political Ecology of Agrofuelsen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US

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