ABSTRACT
Transforming Gender and Development in East Asia brings together a collection of original essays from top scholars in the United States and Asia to explore the centrality of gender in the process of economic development in East Asia. Contributors demonstrate through ethnography, personal narratives, field observation, and in-depth interviews the essential parts women have played in the national growth, economic restructuring, and industrialization of East Asian countries, including South Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and China.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |51 pages
EnGendering East Asian Development
chapter |33 pages
Studying Development with Gender Perspectives
part |64 pages
The Process of Industrialization
chapter |18 pages
Power, Media Representation, and Labor Dispute
part |57 pages
The Impact of Economic Restructuring on Employment and Family
chapter |24 pages
State Women Workers in Chinese Economic Reform
chapter |15 pages
Gender Embeddedness of Family Strategies
part |57 pages
Migration, Household, and Gender Strategies