Women of China : economic and social transformation

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List of Tables List of Figures Foreword Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction: State and Economy in the Making of Women's Lives Zhao.M & J.West PART I: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSITIONS State-society Relations and Women's Political Participation Qi.W Understanding Changes in Women's Status in the Context of Recent Rural Reform Zhang.H.X. PART II: GENDER, MIGRATION AND LABOUR MARKETS The Role of Women in Labour Migration: a Case Study in Northern China Song.L Divided Gender, Divided Women: State Policy and the Labour Market Huang.X From Weaving Stars to Bitter Flowers: Tradition, Reform and Women Textile Workers Zhao.M PART III: FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD RELATIONS To Have a Son: the One Child Family Policy and Economic Change in Rural China Mu.A 'Fat Pigs' and Women's Gifts: Agnatic and Non-agnatic Social Support Relationships in Kaixiangong Village Chang.X Rural Privatisation and Women's Labour: Property Rights and Gender Concepts in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang Zhang.M PART IV: ORGANISING FOR CHANGE Women and the Public Sphere: Education, NGO Affiliation and Political Participation Shang.X The Development of Women's Studies: from the 1980s to the Present Mu.D Index

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