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Author Lee, Rose J., 1936-

Title Democracy and the Status of Women in East Asia.

Publication Info. Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000.

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Description 1 online resource (224 pages)
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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.
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Subject Women and democracy -- East Asia.
Women and democracy.
East Asia.
Women -- Political activity -- East Asia.
Women -- Political activity.
Women -- Government policy -- East Asia.
Women -- Government policy.
Women.
Women's rights -- East Asia.
Women's rights.
Patriarchy -- East Asia.
Patriarchy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Added Author Clark, Cal, 1945-
Other Form: Print version: Lee, Rose J. Democracy and the Status of Women in East Asia. Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, ©2000
ISBN 9781626373273 (electronic book)
1626373272 (electronic book)