| Description |
xii, 268 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-260) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I. EnGendering East Asian development -- ch. 1. Globalization, East Asian development, and gender : a historical overview / Esther Ngan-ling Chow -- ch. 2. Studying development with gender perspectives : from mainstream theories to alternative frameworks / Esther Ngan-ling Chow and Deanna M. Lyter -- pt. II. The process of industrialization : institutional embeddedness, control, and resistance -- ch. 3. Women and work in East Asia / Yin-wah Chu -- ch. 4. Gendered organizations, embodiment, and employment among manufacturing workers in Taiwan / Esther Ngan-ling Chow and Ray-may Hsung -- ch. 5. Power, media representation, and labor dispute : the case of women workers in South Korea / Hyun Mee Kim -- pt. III. The impact of economic restructuring on employment and family -- ch. 6. Women's unemployment, re-employment, and self-employment in China's economic restructuring / Ting Gong -- ch. 7. State women workers in Chinese economic reform : the transformation of management control and firm dependence / Ping Ping -- ch. 8. Gender embeddedness of family strategies : Hong Kong working-class families during economic restructuring / Vivien Hiu-tung Leung -- pt. IV. Migration, household, and gender strategies -- ch. 9. Guests from the tropics : labor practices and foreign workers in Taiwan / Anru Lee -- ch. 10. Fleeing poverty : rural women, expanding marriage markets, and strategies for social mobility in contemporary China / Christina Gilmartin and Lin Tan -- ch. 11. Women's work in international migration / Janet W. Salaff. |
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Women in development -- East Asia.
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Sex role -- Economic aspects -- East Asia.
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Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
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Sex role -- Economic aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01114605
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Women in development. (OCoLC)fst01177865
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Vrouwen.
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Sekseverschillen.
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Economische situatie.
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Arbeid.
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Arbeitsmarkt.
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Frau.
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Geschlechterrolle.
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East Asia -- Economic conditions.
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East Asia -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
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East Asia. (OCoLC)fst01243628
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Ostasien.
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| Added Author |
Chow, Esther Ngan-ling, 1943-
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| ISBN |
041592491X |
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9780415924917 |
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0415924928 (paperback) |
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9780415924924 (paperback) |
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