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Democracy and the status of women in East Asia

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Though modernization and democratization have benefited many women in developing countries, capitalist development has often reproduced patriarchal roles and stereotypes. This collection examines how the processes of modernization and democratization have affected women in East Asia.

العنوان Democracy and the status of women in East Asia / edited by Rose J. Lee, Cal Clark.
الناشر Boulder, Colorado
London, [England] : Lynne Rienner Publishers
تاريخ الإصدار 2000
ملاحظات Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
رقم الرف Title page
copyright page
Contents
Illustrations
Figure 1.1 How Democratization Can Promote the Status of Women
Figure 1.2 Modernization's Supposed Attack on Patriarchal Social Systems
Figure 1.3 How Modernization Undercuts the Status of Women
Table 1.1 Association Between Democratization and Laws Promoting Equal Rights for Women
Figure 2.1 Percentage of Women in National Parliaments, 1987-1991
Figure 2.2 Representation of Women in Japanese Diet
Table 2.1 Women's Percentage of Winners/Candidates in National Constituency by Party
Table 2.2 Women's Performance in the 1996 Election for House of RepresentativesTable 2.3 New Member Victories in House of Representatives by Party
Table 3.1 Korea: Women in the National Assembly
Table 3.2 Korea: Women in the Local Legislatures
Table 3.3 Taiwan: Women in the National Legislatures
Table 3.4 Taiwan: Women in Province-Level Legislatures
Table 3.5 Taiwan: Women in Local Legislatures
Table 4.1 Political Activities by Gender, 1985
Table 4.2 Legislative Role Orientations by Gender, 1985
Table 6.1 General Government Employees by Grade and Sex
Table 6.2 Female Candidates' Motives for Running forLocal AssembliesTable 7.1 Initial Guttman Scale
Table 7.2 Final Guttman Scale
Preface
ch1-Women's Status in East Asia
Part1-Representation and Issue Advocacy: Can They Be Effective?
ch2-The Impact of Electoral Rules in Japan
ch3-Electoral Reform and Women's Empowerment: Taiwan and South Korea
ch4-The Reserved Seats System in Taiwan
ch5-Gender and Local Governance in the Philippines
ch6-Self-Governance, Political Participation, and the Feminist Movement in South Korea
Part2-Public Policy and the Status of Women
ch7-Women Policies in Asiach8-Democratic Consolidation and Gender Politics in South Korea
ch9-Contradictory Implications of Socialism and Capitalism Under "East Asian Modernity" in China and Taiwan
ch10-The Limits of Democratization for Women in East Asia
Part3-Conclusion
ch11-Democracy and "Softening" Society
References
The Contributors
Index
About the Book
الشكل 1 online resource (224 p.)
اللغة الانكليزية
تأريخ حقوق الملكية الفكرية ©2000
رقم النظام 997010718075505171
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