Women of China

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. State and Economy in the Making of Women’s Lives: An Introduction

   1. State and Economy in the Making of Women’s Lives: An Introduction

      • Zhao Minghua, Jackie West

      Pages 1-16

3. Political and Economic Transitions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. State—Society Relations and Women’s Political Participation

      • Wang Qi

      Pages 19-44

   3. Understanding Changes in Women’s Status in the Context of the Recent Rural Reform

      • Zhang Heather Xiaoquan

      Pages 45-66

4. Gender, Migration and Labour Markets

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67

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   2. The Role of Women in Labour Migration: A Case Study in Northern China

      • Song Lina

      Pages 69-89

   3. Divided Gender, Divided Women: State Policy and the Labour Market

      • Huang Xiyi

      Pages 90-107

   4. From Weaving Stars to Bitter Flowers: Tradition, Reform and their Implications for Women Textile Workers

      • Zhao Minghua

      Pages 108-133

5. Family and Household Relations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135

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   2. To Have a Son: The One-Child Family Policy and Economic Change in Rural China

      • Mu Aiping

      Pages 137-155

   3. ‘Fat Pigs’ and Women’s Gifts: Agnatic and Non-Agnatic Social Support in Kaixiangong Village

      • Chang Xiangqun

      Pages 156-174

   4. Rural Privatisation and Women’s Labour: Property Rights and Gender Concepts in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang

      • Zhang Mei

      Pages 175-192

6. Organising for Change

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193

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   2. Women and the Public Sphere: Education, NGO Affiliation and Political Participation

      • Shang Xiaoyuan

      Pages 195-210

   3. The Development of Women’s Studies: From the 1980s to the Present

      • Min Dongchao

      Pages 211-224

7. Back Matter

   Pages 225-238

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This wide-ranging and interdisciplinary collection brings together scholars from China and the West to examine the many dimensions of debate around gender issues in contemporary China. The experiences of women in education, employment, marriage and the family, in rural and urban areas are analysed and assessed.

• family policy
• gender
• labor market
• marriage
• women

• University of Bristol, UK

  Jackie West

• Seafarers International Research Centre, University of Wales Cardiff, UK

  Zhao Minghua

• The China Research Unit, City University, London, UK

  Chang Xiangqun

• Policy Studies Institute, London, UK

  Cheng Yuan

CJACKIE WEST is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Bristol.

ZHAO MINGHUA is a Research Associate in Sociology at the University of Bristol.

CHANG XIANGQUN is a Research Officer and PhD candidate in Social Anthropology at the China Research Unit, City University.

CHENG YUAN formerly research fellow at the Policy Studies Institute in London.

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