GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS - PUTTING GENDER ON THE AGENDA

Environmental change is a global phenonemon caused by, and increasingl y acting as a constraint upon, human activity. Thus analysis of the de terminants of human behaviour is necessary to the understanding of glo bal environmental issues. In this respect the salience of gender to gl obal-change issues has frequently been noted. However, attempts to 'pu t gender on the agenda' of global environmental politics have resulted in, not the incorporation of gender, but the addition of women. This article attempts to explain this apparently unintended outcome through examining ways in which human agency and social structures interact i n framing issues and setting agendas.