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
From Mainstream Theories to Alternative Frameworks
part |64 pages
The Process of Industrialization
chapter |18 pages
Power, Media Representation, and Labor Dispute
The Case of Women Workers in South Korea
part |57 pages
The Impact of Economic Restructuring on Employment and Family
chapter |24 pages
State Women Workers in Chinese Economic Reform
The Transformation of Management Control and Firm Dependence
chapter |15 pages
Gender Embeddedness of Family Strategies
Hong Kong Working-Class Families during Economic Restructuring
part |57 pages
Migration, Household, and Gender Strategies
chapter |14 pages
Fleeing Poverty
Rural Women, Expanding Marriage Markets, and Strategies for Social Mobility in Contemporary China
