Women's Working Lives in East Asia

"[Women's Working Lives in East Asia] provides much needed description and analyses around. . . . [themes] which have not previously been discusses in English-language scholarship."--Canadian Journal of Sociology Online
"The book is unusual for edited volumes in that the individual chapters come together in a unified, consistent argument. This book is a 'must read' and highly recommended for scholars of women's studies, economic development, and East Asian studies. It belongs in every research library. . . . "--Canadian Journal of Sociology Online

About the author

Mary C. Brinton is Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. She is the author of Women and the Economic Miracle: Gender and Work in Postwar Japan and the co-editor of The New Institutionalism in Sociology (Stanford paperback, 2001)

Summary

One of the most dramatic economic changes of the past century has been the increase in married women's work outside the home. This volume examines the nature of married women's participation in the economies of three East Asian countries: Japan, Taiwan and South Korea.

Product details

• Assisted by: Mary C Brinton (Editor), Mary C. Brinton (Editor)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2002
• EAN: 9780804743549
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-4354-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 295 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 558 g
• Series: Studies in Social Inequality
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education