From Beyond Mothering Earth: Ecological Citizenship and the Politics of Care, by Sherilyn MacGregor
“As Burke Austin observed, the processes involved in local community planning in Hamilton benefit a wide range of people (most of whom are white men) who make good money being professional planners, lawyers, politicians, academics and health policy consultants. Yet they increasingly rely on the time and labour of citizen volunteers (many of whom are women) to monitor the health of their communities and to fill the seats at the public consultations needed to validate their progressive-sounding plans.” (p. 186)
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