<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This is the story of how the women's movement in China took advantage of the government's official efforts to position women in the rural economic reforms of the 1980s to achieve a significant and ever-increasing role in China's developing turn toward a market economy, which was not the state's intent.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This is the story of how the women's movement in China took advantage of the government's official efforts to position women in the rural economic reforms of the 1980s to achieve a significant and ever-increasing role in China's developing turn toward a market economy, which was not the state's intent.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>"For people looking for contemporary strategies to promote education, literacy and training for women in rural settings in order to improve their involvement in market competition, this book will be a helpful guide. It adds to the literature on gender and development and creates new signposts for the women's movement."--Feminist Academic Press Column<br>"In this book, Ellen Judd provides a crisply clear, well documented and thorough account of the way in which 'the women's movement' has responded to the new demands of the reform era and the increased salience of the market economy. . . . This is a useful and well researched book, reflecting a long period of reflection. It deserves a far wider readership than simply 'Chinese' anthropologists or sociologists."--Canadian Journal of Sociology Online<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>An excellent study of the Women's Federations' rural work before 1995.--<i>The Journal of Asian Studies</i><br><br>For people looking for contemporary strategies to promote education, literacy and training for women in rural settings in order to improve their involvement in market competition, this book will be a helpful guide. It adds to the literature on gender and development and creates new signposts for the women's movement.--<i>Feminist Academic Press Column</i><br><br>In providing a fascinating examination of collective organizing for practical gender interests this book morethan fulfills its aim to contribute to an international understanding of the grassroots women's movement in China. It should be read by anyone interested in how state and market shape and are shaped by the lives of the citizens of China.--<i>China Review International</i><br><br>In this book, Ellen Judd provides a crisply clear, well documented and thorough account of the way in which 'the women's movement' has responded to the new demands of the reform era and the increased salience of the market economy. . . . This is a useful and well researched book, reflecting a long period of reflection. It deserves a far wider readership than simply 'Chinese' anthropologists or sociologists.--<i>Canadian Journal of Sociology Online</i><br><br>This book is a significant contribution to the study of the women's movement in contemporary China.--<i>The China Journal</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Ellen R. Judd is Professor and Head of Anthropology at the University of Manitoba. She is the author of <i>Gender and Power in Rural North China</i> (Stanford, 1994), and the co-editor of <i>Feminists Doing Development: A Practical Critique.</i>