Revisiting Gender Inequality
Author | : Qi Wang |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2016-04-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781137550804 |
ISBN-13 | : 1137550805 |
Rating | : 4/5 (805 Downloads) |
Download or read book Revisiting Gender Inequality written by Qi Wang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.