China's countryside is being transformed by rapid, far-reaching
development. This wide-reaching and multidisciplinary book
questions whether gender politics are changing in response to this
development, and explores how gender politics inform and are
reproduced or reconfigured in the languages, knowledge, processes
and practices of development in rural China. The contributors -
prominent scholars in the fields of political science, sociology,
gender, development and Chinese studies - argue that although
gender has been elided in recent development policies, women have
been singled out as a 'vulnerable group' requiring protection,
instruction and 'empowerment' from paternalistic state and NGOs.
Nevertheless, development has facilitated the dissemination of
gender equality as an ideal and institutional norm, increased the
channels through which women can advance claims for equal rights,
and expanded the possibilities for agency available to them.
Drawing on extensive field research in sites across China, from
remote communities in Inner Mongolia and Guizhou to the fringes of
expanding cities, the contributors illustrate how different women
are bringing their own aspirations for development to bear in the
momentous changes occurring in rural China. This compelling and
thought-provoking book will be of interest to scholars, students
and researchers in the fields of public and social policy,
sociology, political economy, anthropology, gender and development.
Contributors: L. Bossen, L. Eklund, Y. Huang, C. Ingram, T. Jacka,
H. Ross, S. Sargeson, S.R. Wesoky, S. Yu, L. Yang, J. Zhao
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