Promises of empowerment : women in Asia and Latin America

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Promises of empowerment : women in Asia and Latin America

edited by Peter H. Smith, Jennifer L. Troutner, and Christine Hünefeldt

Rowman & Littlefield, 2007, c2004

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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  • Introduction : Empowering women : agency, structure, and comparative perspective / Jennifer L. Troutner and Peter H. Smith
  • Many paths to power : women in contemporary Asia / Irene Tinker
  • Climbing the pyramids of power : alternative routes to women's empowerment and activism / Rae Lesser Blumberg
  • From the personal to the political : women activists in Japan / Tokuko Ogai
  • Feminism and the transition to democracy in Chile / Marcela Ríos Tobar
  • Women and economic crisis : Mexico and Thailand / Voravidh Charoenloet and Flor de Lis Vásquez Muñoz
  • Women, poverty, and survival of the household : Peru / Carolina Trivelli
  • Women in the business world : Japan in comparative perspective / Sanae Kora
  • Women and the Internet in China / Bu Wei
  • Social codes and gender roles : schoolbooks in Korea and Mexico / Hwa Soo Chung
  • Women and cinema in Mexico / Norma Iglesias
  • Gender and sexuality on television : Japan and Brazil / Mauro Neves Jr.
  • Conclusion : States, markets, and patterns of empowerment / Christine Hünefeldt

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