| Description |
xxi, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Elisabeth Croll -- 1. State and Economy in the Making of Women's Lives: An Introduction / Minghua Zhao and Jackie West -- 2. State-Society Relations and Women's Political Participation / Qi Wang -- 3. Understanding Changes in Women's Status in the Context of the Recent Rural Reform / Heather Xiaoquan Zhang -- 4. The Role of Women in Labour Migration: A Case Study in Northern China / Song Lina -- 5. Divided Gender, Divided Women: State Policy and the Labour Market / Xiyi Huang -- 6. From Weaving Stars to Bitter Flowers: Tradition, Reform and their Implications for Women Textile Workers / Minghua Zhao -- 7. To Have a Son: The One-Child Family Policy and Economic Change in Rural China / Aiping Mu -- 8. 'Fat Pigs' and Women's Gifts: Agnatic and Non-Agnatic Social Support in Kaixiangong Village / Xiangqun Chang -- 9. Rural Privatisation and Women's Labour: Property Rights and Gender Concepts in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang / Mei Zhang |
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10. Women and the Public Sphere: Education, NGO Affiliation and Political Participation / Xiaoyuan Shang -- 11. The Development of Women's Studies: From the 1980s to the Present / Dongchao Min -- Glossary of Chinese Journals |
| Summary |
"What has been the impact of the socialist market economy on the circumstances of women's lives today? This collection presents original research on a range of key topics: women and politics, gender and migration, the effect of new employment relations in industry and agriculture, women's role in the household and attitudes to the one-child family, and the development of women's studies. Uniquely positioned as women social scientists from China, the contributors address vital issues in current debates on gender equality and social transition."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Feminism -- China.
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Women -- China -- Economic conditions.
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Women -- China -- History.
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Women -- China -- Social conditions.
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| Author |
West, Jackie.
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| LC no. |
99020111 |
| ISBN |
0312224419 (cloth) |
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0333740882 |
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