| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 238 pages) |
| Contents |
List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Notes on the Contributors -- Introduction: State and Economy in the Making of Women's Lives; Zhao. M & J. West -- PART I: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSITIONS -- State-society Relations and Women's Political Participation; Qi. W -- Understanding Changes in Women's Status in the Context of Recent Rural Reform; Zhang. H.X. -- PART II: GENDER, MIGRATION AND LABOUR MARKETS -- The Role of Women in Labour Migration: a Case Study in Northern China; Song. L -- Divided Gender, Divided Women: State Policy and the Labour Market; Huang. X -- From Weaving Stars to Bitter Flowers: Tradition, Reform and Women Textile Workers; Zhao. M -- PART III: FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD RELATIONS -- To Have a Son: the One Child Family Policy and Economic Change in Rural China; Mu. A -- 'Fat Pigs' and Women's Gifts: Agnatic and Non-agnatic Social Support Relationships in Kaixiangong Village; Chang. X -- Rural Privatisation and Women's Labour: Property Rights and Gender Concepts in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang; Zhang. M -- PART IV: ORGANISING FOR CHANGE -- Women and the Public Sphere: Education, NGO Affiliation and Political Participation; Shang. X -- The Development of Women's Studies: from the 1980s to the Present; Mu. D -- Index |
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State and economy in the making of women's lives: an introduction / Zhao Minghua and Jackie West -- State-society relations and women's political participation / Wang Qi -- Understanding changes in women's status in the context of the recent rural reform / Zhang Heather Xiaoquan -- The role of women in labour migration: a case study in northern China / Song Lina -- Divided gender, divided women: state policy and the labour market / Huang Xiyi -- From weaving stars to bitter flowers: tradition, reform and their implications for women textile workers / Zhao Minghua -- To have a son: the one-child family policy and economic change in rural China / Mu Aiping -- 'Fat pigs' and women's gifts: agnatic and non-agnatic social support in Kaixiangong village / Chang Xiangqun -- Rural privatisation and women's labour: property rights and gender concepts in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang / Zhang Mei -- Women and the public sphere: education, NGO affiliation and political participation / Shang Xiaoyuan -- The development of women's studies: from the 1980s to the present / Min Dongchao |
| 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. The book contains a foreword by Elisabeth Croll of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Women -- China -- History
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Women -- China -- Social conditions
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Women -- China -- Economic conditions
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Feminism -- China
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Feminism
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Women
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Women -- Economic conditions
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Women -- Social conditions
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Femmes -- Chine -- Conditions économiques.
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Féminisme -- Chine.
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Femmes -- Chine -- Histoire.
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Femmes -- Chine -- Conditions sociales.
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China
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
West, Jackie
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| ISBN |
9780333983843 |
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033398384X |
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