Gender and Employment in Rural China

Content Description. Gender and Employment in Rural China examines how China's rapid urbanization, industrialization, and transition away from an agriculture-centered rural economy have reshaped employment, family life, and gender relations. Drawing on in-depth case studies of four Chinese villages, Jing Song explores how local development patterns, migration, market reform, family expectations, gender, and individual background influence employment opportunities and choices. The comparative village studies illustrate the varied effects of economic restructuring across rural China and the ways individuals and families negotiate changing social and economic conditions. An interdisciplinary study of particular interest to readers in China studies, gender studies, sociology, rural development, labor and employment, migration, and economic development. First edition, published by Routledge in 2017 as part of the Routledge Contemporary China series. Condition Description. Near Fine. First edition, 2017. Acquired as new academic overstock and appears unread. Clean, crisp interior with no writing, highlighting, or other markings observed. Publisher's illustrated boards show only light shelf/storage rubbing and minor wear at the corners and spine ends. Binding is tight and square; pages are clean and bright. No dust jacket, as issued.…