Women of China: Economic and Social Transformation

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
State and Economy in the Making of Women’s Lives: An Introduction....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
State—Society Relations and Women’s Political Participation....Pages 19-44
Understanding Changes in Women’s Status in the Context of the Recent Rural Reform....Pages 45-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
The Role of Women in Labour Migration: A Case Study in Northern China....Pages 69-89
Divided Gender, Divided Women: State Policy and the Labour Market....Pages 90-107
From Weaving Stars to Bitter Flowers: Tradition, Reform and their Implications for Women Textile Workers....Pages 108-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
To Have a Son: The One-Child Family Policy and Economic Change in Rural China....Pages 137-155
‘Fat Pigs’ and Women’s Gifts: Agnatic and Non-Agnatic Social Support in Kaixiangong Village....Pages 156-174
Rural Privatisation and Women’s Labour: Property Rights and Gender Concepts in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang....Pages 175-192
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Women and the Public Sphere: Education, NGO Affiliation and Political Participation....Pages 195-210
The Development of Women’s Studies: From the 1980s to the Present....Pages 211-224
Back Matter....Pages 225-238