Gender Inequality and Social Change in Japan and Taiwan
Gender Inequality and Social Change in Japan and Taiwan
This chapter introduces the main themes of the book, addressing how social institutions affect women's employment during economic development by comparing changes in women's job opportunities in Japan and Taiwan during the second half of the twentieth century. Although these two East Asian countries differ in their levels of development, they share several important features that make such a comparison particularly relevant. The central questions of this study are how and why Japan and Taiwan diverged with regard to women's employment opportunities during their life course. Using a comparative–historical approach, this study considers how Japanese and Taiwanese women came to their current places. It also discusses gender and social change in industrial societies.
Keywords: development, life courses, gender, social change, Japanese women, Taiwanese women, industrial society
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