Women's Working Lives in East Asia
“[Women’s Working Lives in East Asia] provides much needed description and analyses around. . . . [themes] which have not previously been discusses in English-language scholarship.”—Canadian Journal of Sociology Online\ “The book is unusual for edited volumes in that the individual chapters come together in a unified, consistent argument. This book is a ‘must read’ and highly recommended for scholars of women’s studies, economic development, and East Asian studies. It belongs in every...
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This volume examines the nature of married women’s participation in the economies of three East Asian countries—Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. In addition to asking what is similar or different about women’s economic participation in this region of the world compared to Western societies, the book also asks how women’s work patterns vary across the three countries.
Tables and FiguresAcknowledgmentsContributorsCh. 1Married Women's Labor in East Asian Economies1Ch. 2Married Women's Employment in Rapidly Industrializing Societies: South Korea and Taiwan38Ch. 3Family Demands, Gender Attitudes, and Married Women's Labor Force Participation: Comparing Japan and Taiwan70Ch. 4Women, Work, and Marriage in Three East Asian Labor Markets: The Cases of Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea96Ch. 5Women's Education and the Labor Market in Japan and South Korea125Ch. 6Women's Solidarity: Company Policies and Japanese Office Ladies151Ch. 7Mothers as the Best Teachers: Japanese Motherhood and Early Childhood Education180Ch. 8Women's Education, Work, and Marriage in South Korea204Ch. 9Taking Informality into Account: Women's Work in the Formal and Informal Sectors in Taiwan233Ch. 10The "Boss's Wife" and Taiwanese Small Family Business263Ch. 11Daughters, Parents, and Globalization: The Case of Taiwan298Notes323References339Index371
