Revisiting Gender Inequality: Perspectives from the Peoples Republic of China [Hardcover]

One of the widely acknowledged consequences of the economic reforms in China over the past four decades has been widened social-gender gap and hence increased gender inequalities. In recent years, there is a rising concern of inequality in China and a mounting intellectual reflection and critique of the growth-focused development path China has followed so far. This collection can be seen as a part of this critique, but the focus is on gender and various forms of inequality pertaining to gender and gender relations. The book shows how various gender inequality issues are approached and analysed in the location of China by Chinese gender/social science scholars and how studies of gender inequality constitutes an astute critique of the neo-liberal capitalist development in China. The book brings forth a distinctive gender perspective to the Chinese intellectual and political analysis of social inequality and a Chinese perspective to the bulks of international scholarship on gender inequality in China.

Over the past four decades in China, economic reforms have resulted in widening social-gender gaps, leading to severe gender inequalities. Using empirical data and in-depth theoretical analysis to critique China's growth-focused development path, this collection of essays closes the gap on what has been an under-discussed issue in Chinese culture.

Introduction
1. Gender (In)Equality and China's Economic Transition; Liu Bohong, Li Ling, and Yang Chunyu
2. 'Returning Home' or 'Being Returned Home'?; Song Shaopeng
3. Labor Markets, Gender, and Social Stratification; Tong Xin
4. Gender and Gendered Working Time Rights; Guo Huimin and Li Xiang
5. Urban New Poverty from a Gender Perspective; Jin Yihong
6. Son Preference and The Tradition of Patriarchy in Rural China; LI Huiying
7. The Everyday Lives and Media Representation of Rural Left-behind Women; Zhu Shanjl32