Gender and Employment in Rural China (Routledge Contemporary China Series) - Softcover

Song, Jing

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367141876 ISBN 13: 9780367141875

Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

With China’s rapid advancements in urbanization and industrialization, there has been significant labor movement away from agriculture in the rural regions. Using four village case studies, Song examines how this restructuring process affects the rural population.

Much of her research is centered on their various perceptions and reactions towards the market reforms. How are their lives reshaped through the employment transition? Along with the changes of family life and the diversification of development models, how do an individual’s gender and background play a role in determining employment? These are the broad questions that Song addresses through detailed analysis of four different villages, in light of China’s move towards decentralization of its rural economy.

About this title

About the Author

Jing Song is Assistant Professor at Gender Studies Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367141876
• ISBN 13: 9780367141875
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 164