Gender and Employment in Rural China

This book sheds light on the complicated effects that economic progression brings on the rural agricultural population in four villages. It closely analyses employment choices, and the economic and social factors which affect vocational opportunities in the Bei, Su, Ning and Yi villages. In studying these villages, this study highlights two dimensions of development contexts - of industrialization and urbanization.

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

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Preface Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Peasant Question and Gender Question Chapter 3 Bei Village: Rural Industries and Private Businesses Chapter 4 Su Village: Collective Legacy and the "New Socialist Countryside" Chapter 5 Han Village: Urban Dream, Tied Migration and Male Bonding Chapter 6 Ning Village: Integrated or Marginalized in Urbanization Chapter 7 Conclusion Index