Revisiting Gender Inequality Perspectives from the People’s Republic of China

One of the widely acknowledged consequences of the economic reforms in China over the past four decades has been widened social-gender gap and hence increased gender inequalities. In recent years, there is a rising concern of inequality in China and a mounting intellectual reflection and critique of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wang, Qi, Dongchao, Min (Author)
Other Authors: Sørensen, Bo Ærenlund (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan 2016, 2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016
Series:Comparative Feminist Studies
Subjects:
Sex
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:One of the widely acknowledged consequences of the economic reforms in China over the past four decades has been widened social-gender gap and hence increased gender inequalities. In recent years, there is a rising concern of inequality in China and a mounting intellectual reflection and critique of the growth-focused development path China has followed so far. This collection can be seen as a part of this critique, but the focus is on gender and various forms of inequality pertaining to gender and gender relations. The book shows how various gender inequality issues are approached and analysed in the location of China by Chinese gender/social science scholars and how studies of gender inequality constitutes an astute critique of the neo-liberal capitalist development in China. The book brings forth a distinctive gender perspective to the Chinese intellectual and political analysis of social inequality and a Chinese perspective to the bulks of international scholarship on gender inequality in China
Physical Description:XIV, 232 p online resource
ISBN:9781137550804