Buch
Monografie
Gendered trajectories : women, work, and social change in Japan and Taiwan
Verfasst von:
Yu, Wei-Hsin
Stanford, Calif.:
Stanford Univ. Press
,
2009
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258 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Yu, Wei-Hsin |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Studies in social inequality
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| Jahr: | 2009 |
| Maße: | 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 0804760098 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| The book explores why industrial societies vary in the pace at which they reduce gender inequality and compares changes in women's employment opportunities in Japan and Taiwan over the last half-century. Japan has undergone much less improvement in women's economic status than Taiwan, despite its more advanced economy and greater welfare provisions. The difference is particularly puzzling because the two countries share many institutional practices and values. Drawing on historical trends, survey statistics, and personal interviews with people in both countries, Yu shows how country-specific organizational arrangements and industrial policies affect women's employment. In particular, the conditions faced by Japanese and Taiwanese women in the workplace have a profound effect on their labor force participation at critical points in their lives. Women's lifetime employment decisions in turn shape the divergent trajectories in gender equality. The comparative perspective demonstrates and underscores the importance of understanding gender inequality as a long-term, dynamic social process. | |
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| Gender inequality and social change in Japan and Taiwan -- The development of women's labor market experiences -- Comparing labor market structures and workplace dynamics -- Patterns of labor exits among women -- Challenges from the home front -- Returning to the labor force -- Higher education and gender inequality. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-246) and index. - Formerly CIP | |
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