ABSTRACT
With thirty-two original chapters reflecting cutting edge content throughout developed and developing Asia, Women of Asia: Globalization, Development, and Gender Equity is a comprehensive anthology that contributes significantly to understanding globalization’s transformative process and the resulting detrimental and beneficial consequences for women in the four major geographic regions of Asia—East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Eurasia/Central Asia—as it gives "voice" to women and provides innovative ways through which salient understudied issues pertaining to Asian women’s situation are brought to the forefront.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|44 pages
Introduction and Overviews of Women in Asia
chapter 1|13 pages
Globalization, Development, and Gender Equity
chapter 3|12 pages
Gendering Aid and Development Policy
part II|92 pages
East Asia
chapter 5|17 pages
China’s “State Feminism” in Context
chapter 7|13 pages
Women’s Experiences of Balancing Work and Family in South Korea
chapter 9|13 pages
Addressing Women’s Health through Economic Opportunity
part III|144 pages
Southeast Asia
chapter 13|14 pages
Women as Natural Caregivers?
chapter 14|14 pages
Elected Women Politicians in Singapore’s Parliament
chapter 15|14 pages
Globalization and Increased Informalization of Labor
chapter 16|10 pages
Women Politicians in Cambodia
chapter 17|12 pages
Freedom to Choose?
chapter 20|13 pages
Challenging Gender Inequalities through Education and Activism
part IV|66 pages
South Asia
chapter 21|11 pages
Young Women’s Situation and Patriarchal Bargains
chapter 23|12 pages
Negotiating Gendered Violence in the Public Spaces of Indian Cities
part 5|90 pages
Eurasia and Central Asia