1st Edition
The Korean Women's Movement and the State Bargaining for Change
1. Introduction: Gender and the State 2. The Women’s Movement and Gender Policy: Dynamics of Resistance, Tension, and Negotiation 3. The Anti-Sexual Traffic Act (2004): Feminist Discourse and the Movement to Abolish Prostitution 4. The Personal is Political: The Abolition of the Family-Head System (2005) 5. From Feminist Politics to Family Politics: The Healthy Family Law and Childcare Policy (2004-2007) 6. Conclusion: The Korean Women’s Movement at the Crossroads
Biography
Seung-kyung Kim is Professor and Chair of Women's Studies, and Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Maryland, USA. She is the author of Lives of Women Factory Workers in South Korea and co-editor of Feminist Theory Reader: Local and Global Perspectives.
Kyounghee Kim is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
