Women Judges in Contemporary China

Women Judges in Contemporary China
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9783319578408
ISBN-13 : 3319578405
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Synopsis Women Judges in Contemporary China by : Anqi Shen

This study provides an up-to-date empirical account of Chinese female judges within the context of the Chinese legal system and wider society, revealing a deeper understanding of women in contemporary China. Shen explores the gendered nature of judging in post-Mao China by examining: who female judges are, what they do, and their position in relation to their profession. She goes on to argue for true representation of women in the judiciary, including their contributions in judging, and the importance of judicial diversity. The book examines the place held by female judges at home and women's place in society as a whole, and investigates gender equality, women's agencies, emancipation, and empowerment in the contemporary China. Based on data resulting from original research, this book provides a much-needed contribution to contemporary women's studies. Addressing a broad range of issues surrounding gender and justice in the Chinese judicial system, this engaging study will be of special interest to scholars and activists involved with judicial diversity, gender politics, and gender equality.

Women Police in Contemporary China

Women Police in Contemporary China
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 135
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ISBN-10 : 9781000461879
ISBN-13 : 1000461874
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Synopsis Women Police in Contemporary China by : Anqi Shen

This is the first book to look at women in policing in the mainland of the People’s Republic of China. Informed by empirical data as well as rich secondary information drawn from a wide range of published materials, and written by a former police officer in China, this book offers a detailed discussion of key issues concerning women in the Chinese police. Mainly drawing on face-to-face interviews with police officers and student probationers in multiple force areas, Women Police in Contemporary China offers rich insights into women’s lives in Chinese policing. The book first discusses how Chinese women were introduced to the male-only organisation and their representation in the Chinese police today. It elaborates women’s experiences as female officers in the police and, more specifically, their everyday work, contributions to policing, women police’s own perceptions of their roles and positions in the police profession and the gendered challenges and concerns facing them. It also looks at police occupational culture from a gendered lens. This book is illuminating reading for all those engaged in policing studies, gender and justice, policymaking, comparative criminal justice and all those interested in a woman’s role in the Chinese police.

Divorce in China

Divorce in China
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 302
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ISBN-10 : 9781479816736
ISBN-13 : 1479816736
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Synopsis Divorce in China by : Xin He

""Divorce in China" explores institutional constraints and gendered outcomes of divorce in China"--

Internal Migration, Crime, and Punishment in Contemporary China

Internal Migration, Crime, and Punishment in Contemporary China
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 155
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ISBN-10 : 9783030006747
ISBN-13 : 3030006743
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Synopsis Internal Migration, Crime, and Punishment in Contemporary China by : Anqi Shen

This work investigates inequality and social exclusion in contemporary Chinese society, specifically in the context of urbanization, migration and crime. Economic reforms started in the late 1970s (post-Mao) fuelled a trend of urbanization and mass migration within China, largely from rural areas to more economically developed urban regions. With this migration, came new challenges in a rapidly changing society. Researchers have extensively studied the rural-to-urban human movement, social changes, inequality and its impact on individuals and society as a whole. This volume provides a new perspective on this issue. It forges a link between internal migration, inequality, social exclusion and crime in the context of China, through qualitative research into the impact of this phenomenon on individuals’ lives. Using a series of case studies drawn from interviews with inmates – men and women – in a large Chinese prison, it focuses on migrant offenders’ subjective experiences, and analyses issues from the rarely-heard perspectives of migrant lawbreakers themselves. The research demonstrates how factors – including: the hukou system, rural-urban, class and gender inequalities, prejudices against rural migrants, and other structural problems – often lead to migrant offending. The author argues that to mitigate the effects of criminalisation, the root causes of these problems should be examined, emphasizing radical reforms to the hukou policy, cultural change in urban society to welcome newcomers, positive programs to integrate migrant workers into urban societies and improve their opportunities, rather than inflicting harsher penalties or reducing migration. While the research is based in China, it has clear implications for other regions of the world, which are experiencing similar tensions related to national and international migration. This work will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice, particularly with an interest in Asia, as well as those in related fields such as sociology, law and social justice.

Women Policing across the Globe

Women Policing across the Globe
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 243
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ISBN-10 : 9781538116135
ISBN-13 : 1538116138
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Synopsis Women Policing across the Globe by : Cara Rabe-Hemp

Women Policing across the Globe provides a cross-cultural comparison of the integration of women in policing across the globe, paying special attention to the unique contributions that women make to the field, along with the shared challenges and resistance they face. Individual chapters within the book provide students with a snapshot of the status of women in modern police agencies in the countries of the United States, Kuwait, China, the United Kingdom, Australia, the United Arab Emirates, and Taiwan. However, shared issues and successes of women police in many more countries worldwide are discussed throughout the entire book. This book allows students to explore the different origins of entry, specialized roles, their experiences of resistance, and effects of historical events that have shaped the experiences of modern women police from across the world. The authors discuss the new gains women are making, despite the obstacles they face, and ways they are transforming how policing is done every day. And, finally, this book closes with collective issues and successes faced by women police worldwide.

Women and Property in China, 960-1949

Women and Property in China, 960-1949
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 0804735271
ISBN-13 : 9780804735278
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Women and Property in China, 960-1949 by : Kathryn Bernhardt

Drawing on newly available archival case records, this book demonstrates that Chinese women's rights to property changed substantially from the Song through the Qing dynasties, and even more dramatically under the Republican Civil Code of 1929-30.

The Art of Women in Contemporary China: Both Sides Now

The Art of Women in Contemporary China: Both Sides Now
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 1527541029
ISBN-13 : 9781527541023
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Synopsis The Art of Women in Contemporary China: Both Sides Now by : Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky

This book presents in eight chapters the work of over 75 Chinese female artists, both pictorial and poetic. Their art is viewed within a framework of eight themes. The broad topics explored include the body; life; the representation of the experience of being a woman; home and the world; a view of children and other women; clothes; social conscience; fantasy; and abstractionâ "nonfigurative work and its viability as a medium to express the spiritual. These themes provide several lenses through which to enjoy and compare these artistsâ (TM) approaches and outputs. The volume is unique in its inclusion of poetry by contemporary women whose voices articulate so many of the same concerns as the visual artists. In China, poetry has always been the prime form of artistic expression, and it remains so today. Looking at this poetry affords us a different means of appreciating the art of women in contemporary society.

Women and the Judiciary in the Asia-Pacific

Women and the Judiciary in the Asia-Pacific
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 341
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ISBN-10 : 9781316518328
ISBN-13 : 1316518329
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis Women and the Judiciary in the Asia-Pacific by : Melissa Crouch

First comparative study of women judges in the Asia-Pacific based on empirical socio-legal research.

Leftover Women

Leftover Women
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Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Total Pages : 176
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ISBN-10 : 9781783607914
ISBN-13 : 1783607912
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Synopsis Leftover Women by : Leta Hong Fincher

‘Scattered with inspiring life-stories of courageous women.’ The Guardian In the early years of the People’s Republic, the Communist Party sought to transform gender relations. Yet those gains have been steadily eroded in China’s post-socialist era. Contrary to the image presented by China’s media, women in China have experienced a dramatic rollback of rights and gains relative to men. In Leftover Women, Leta Hong Fincher exposes shocking levels of structural discrimination against women, and the broader damage this has caused to China’s economy, politics, and development.

Gender and Judging

Gender and Judging
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 640
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ISBN-10 : 9781782251101
ISBN-13 : 1782251103
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Synopsis Gender and Judging by : Ulrike Schultz

Does gender make a difference to the way the judiciary works and should work? Or is gender-blindness a built-in prerequisite of judicial objectivity? If gender does make a difference, how might this be defined? These are the key questions posed in this collection of essays, by some 30 authors from the following countries; Argentina, Cambodia, Canada, England, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kenya, the Netherlands, the Philippines, South Africa, Switzerland, Syria and the United States. The contributions draw on various theoretical approaches, including gender, feminist and sociological theories. The book's pressing topicality is underlined by the fact that well into the modern era male opposition to women's admission to, and progress within, the judicial profession has been largely based on the argument that their very gender programmes women to show empathy, partiality and gendered prejudice - in short essential qualities running directly counter to the need for judicial objectivity. It took until the last century for women to begin to break down such seemingly insurmountable barriers. And even now, there are a number of countries where even this first step is still waiting to happen. In all of them, there remains a more or less pronounced glass ceiling to women's judicial careers.