North Korea''s Women-Led Grassroots Capitalism

North Korea is in the throes of economic and social, if not political, transition. This book examines the complex relationship between gender roles and economic and social changes in North Korea.

List of contents

List of Figures
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction: Women's agency and everyday resistance in transitional North Korea
1. Rhetoric versus Reality: Women, law and policy
2. The Auntie Economy: Women-led grassroots capitalism
3. Destabilising Patriarchy: Relaxed gender roles in family relations
4. 'Dressing well and looking pretty': Social construction of femininity in the jangmadang economy
5. Covert resistance: Women's health and reproduction
6. Sexual revolution: Intimacy, love and marriage in transition
7. Nouveau riche or nouveau rouge: Leadership and the modern North Korean woman
8. The Question of Regime Stability: Women, marketisation and the challenge of change
Conclusion: Women getting away with it
Index

About the author

Kyungja Jung is Associate Professor in Social and Political Change at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Bronwen Dalton is Professor of Management at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Product details

• Authors: Bronwen Dalton, Bronwen Jung Dalton, Jung Kyungja
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9780367536978
• ISBN: 978-0-367-53697-8
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: ASAA Women in Asia Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Korea, History, Sociology, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, Humanities, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, North Korea;Women;Capitalism;Gender;Society