ABSTRACT

Examining Chinese domestic as well as international circumstances surrounding the emergence of an independent women's movement in Beijing in the 1990s, this book seeks to explain how such a movement could have arisen after the repression of student activists in Tiananmen Square in 1989. It also places this emergence in the context of theories of social movements, civil society and globalization.

part I|52 pages

Symbiosis and Social Movements

chapter Chapter Two|24 pages

Social Movements and Globalization

part II|58 pages

The Beijing Women's Movement

chapter Chapter Three|23 pages

The Politics of Beijing Women's Organizing in the 1990s

chapter Chapter Four|32 pages

Beijing Activists:

The Emergence of Feminist Identities

part III|125 pages

The Emergence of a Symbiotic Women's Movement in the 1990s:

chapter Chapter Five|45 pages

Political and Economic Opportunities

chapter Chapter Six|26 pages

The Emergence of NGOs in the Women's Movement

chapter Chapter Seven|51 pages

Framing in the Chinese Women's Movement

part IV|12 pages

Conclusions

chapter Chapter Eight|10 pages

Conclusions