Overview
- Presents a highly original dataset that holds up debates on issues currently underexamined in the literature
- Examines the nature of judging in China and explores the gender issues in the judiciary and gender role and position of women in Chinese society
- Offers a model of studying gender as a social process in a transitional society
Part of the book series: Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia (PACCJA)
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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.
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Book Title: Women Judges in Contemporary China
Book Subtitle: Gender, Judging and Living
Authors: Anqi Shen
Series Title: Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57840-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-57839-2Published: 25 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86263-7Published: 10 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-57840-8Published: 14 September 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-2878
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2886
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 231
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Crime and Society, Asian Criminology, Critical Criminology, History of China, Gender Studies, Asian Culture