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Download or read book Working Women and State Policies in Taiwan written by Fen-ling Chen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-09-29 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book concentrates on exploring the changing relationship between the state and working women in Taiwan by incorporating social, economic, political and ideological factors into the historical analysis. It traces the history of state policies on women's employment, the impact of family and gender ideology on women's employment, women's roles in capitalist development, and the influence of women's movements on policy-making in Taiwan. Finally, it analyses the Taiwanese welfare regime in a gender-critical way.