Climate Technology, Gender, and Justice: The Standpoint of the Vulnerable (SpringerBriefs in Sociology)

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 adequacy, novelty, heterogeneity, complexity and applicability to human needs? The overarching argument in this book contends that, while mitigation strategies like solar and wind energy go much further to meet feminist objectives and virtues, geoengineering is not consistent with the values of justice as articulated in Longino's feminist approach to science. This book provides a novel, feminist argument in support of pursuing alternative energy in the place of geoengineering. It provides an invaluable contribution for academics and students working in the areas of gender, science and climate change as well as policy makers interested in innovative ways of taking up climate change mitigation and gender.-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-vi Introduction (Tina Sikka)....Pages 1-13 Geoengineering (Tina Sikka)....Pages 15-44 FCE and Empirical Adequacy (Tina Sikka)....Pages 45-69 Ontological Heterogeneity (Tina Sikka)....Pages 71-87 Novelty (Tina Sikka)....Pages 89-99 Mutuality of Interaction (Tina Sikka)....Pages 101-111 Diffusion of Power (Tina Sikka)....Pages 113-126 Applicability to Human Needs (Tina Sikka)....Pages 127-143 Conclusion (Tina Sikka)....Pages 145-155