major challenge in studies of environmental governance is dealing with the diversity of the people involved at multiple levels -- villagers, development agents, policy-makers, private resource users and others -- and taking seriously their aspirations, conflicts and collaborations. This book examines this challenge in two very disparate parts of our world, exploring what gender-equality, resource management and development mean in real terms for its inhabitants as well as for our environmental futures. Based on participatory research and in-depth fieldwork, Arora-Jonsson studies struggles for...