Women, State and Ideology: Studies from Africa and Asia

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Women and the State in Nigeria: the Case of the Federal Military Government 1984–85....Pages 13-27
Women in Zimbabwe: Stated Policy and State Action....Pages 28-47
The State and the Regulation of Marriage: Sefwi Wiawso (Ghana), 1900–40....Pages 48-69
Women, Marriage and the State in Iran....Pages 70-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Family and State in Malaysian Industrialisation: the Case of Rembau, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia....Pages 89-110
Gender and Population in the People’s Republic of China....Pages 111-129
Some State Responses to Male and Female Need in British India....Pages 130-151
Contaminating States: Midwifery, Childbearing and the State in Rural North India....Pages 152-169
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Women and Handicraft Production in North India....Pages 173-185
Front and Rear: the Sexual Division of Labour in the Israeli Army....Pages 186-204
Controlling Women’s Access to Political Power: a Case Study in Andhra Pradesh, India....Pages 205-225
State, Culture and Gender: Continuity and Change in Women’s Position in Rural Vietnam....Pages 226-234
Back Matter....Pages 235-245