Democracy and the status of women in East Asia / edited by Rose J. Lee, Cal Clark.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lee, Rose J., 1936- editor.

Clark, Cal, 1945- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women and democracy--East Asia.

Women and democracy.

Women--Political activity--East Asia.

Women.

Women--Government policy--East Asia.

Women's rights--East Asia.

Women's rights.

Patriarchy--East Asia.

Patriarchy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado ; London, [England] : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Though modernization and democratization have benefited many women in developing countries, capitalist development has often reproduced patriarchal roles and stereotypes. This collection examines how the processes of modernization and democratization have affected women in East Asia.

Contents:

Title page; copyright page; Contents; Illustrations; Figure 1.1 How Democratization Can Promote the Status of Women; Figure 1.2 Modernization's Supposed Attack on Patriarchal Social Systems; Figure 1.3 How Modernization Undercuts the Status of Women; Table 1.1 Association Between Democratization and Laws Promoting Equal Rights for Women; Figure 2.1 Percentage of Women in National Parliaments, 1987-1991; Figure 2.2 Representation of Women in Japanese Diet; Table 2.1 Women's Percentage of Winners/Candidates in National Constituency by Party

Table 2.2 Women's Performance in the 1996 Election for House of RepresentativesTable 2.3 New Member Victories in House of Representatives by Party; Table 3.1 Korea: Women in the National Assembly; Table 3.2 Korea: Women in the Local Legislatures; Table 3.3 Taiwan: Women in the National Legislatures; Table 3.4 Taiwan: Women in Province-Level Legislatures; Table 3.5 Taiwan: Women in Local Legislatures; Table 4.1 Political Activities by Gender, 1985; Table 4.2 Legislative Role Orientations by Gender, 1985; Table 6.1 General Government Employees by Grade and Sex

Table 6.2 Female Candidates' Motives for Running forLocal AssembliesTable 7.1 Initial Guttman Scale; Table 7.2 Final Guttman Scale; Preface; ch1-Women's Status in East Asia; Part1-Representation and Issue Advocacy: Can They Be Effective?; ch2-The Impact of Electoral Rules in Japan; ch3-Electoral Reform and Women's Empowerment: Taiwan and South Korea; ch4-The Reserved Seats System in Taiwan; ch5-Gender and Local Governance in the Philippines; ch6-Self-Governance, Political Participation, and the Feminist Movement in South Korea; Part2-Public Policy and the Status of Women

ch7-Women Policies in Asiach8-Democratic Consolidation and Gender Politics in South Korea; ch9-Contradictory Implications of Socialism and Capitalism Under "East Asian Modernity" in China and Taiwan; ch10-The Limits of Democratization for Women in East Asia; Part3-Conclusion; ch11-Democracy and "Softening" Society; References; The Contributors; Index; About the Book

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62637-327-2

OCLC:

1312727225