Women, Education, and Development in Asia: Cross-National Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780815307952 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 288 str.

Grace C. L. Mak

Opis

Twelve original essays examine the interplay between women's education and development, looking at how it has changed women's status in selected nations in Asia. Chapters on countries including Japan, Indonesia, and Pakistan begin with a brief historical account of education for women, then investig

Recenzje

"The book does a great job mapping out the complex interrelationship of development, education, and impacts on women's life in Asia. The book is rich in information and the writing are clear and well organized. It can make a good introductory book on gender issues in developing countries, or a textbook on women and education from a cross-national perspective." -- Education Review
"Presents a timely, multidimensional, and international discussion about what it means for women's daily lives to say that they are no longer invisible within nor peripheral to economic analysis and development policy and practice." -- Comparative Education Review

Spis treści

Part I East Asia; Chapter 1 The People’s Republic of China, Grace C. L. Mak; Chapter 2 Japan, Machiko Matsui; Chapter 3 South Korea, Oksoon Kim; Chapter 4 Taiwan, Republic of China, Hsiao-chin Hsieh; Part II Southeast Asia; Chapter 5 Indonesia, Mayling Oey-Gardiner, Riga-Adiwoso Suprapto; Chapter 6 Malaysia, Robiah Sidin; Chapter 7 Singapore, Guat Tin Low; Part III South Asia; Chapter 8 India, Ratna Ghosh, Abdulaziz Talbani; Chapter 9 Pakistan, Kowsar P. Chowdbury; Chapter 10 Sri Lanka, Swarna Jayaweera;

O autorze

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