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Including chapters on Indonesia, India, Thailand, China, the Philippines, Japan, Malaysia, Korea, Vietnam and international suffrage connections, Women's Suffrage in Asia engages in debates on suffrage in the region by raising issues unique to the country's case studies presented. It explains why the history of suffrage is neglected in the nationalist historiography and untangles the connections between culture, nationalism and colonialism in the context of women's struggles for suffrage.

Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Community organization --- Political systems --- Colonisation. Decolonisation --- Public law. Constitutional law --- China --- North Korea --- South Korea --- Japan --- India --- Thailand --- Indonesia --- Vietnam --- Philippines --- Hawaii --- New Zealand --- Women --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Suffrage --- History. --- Colonialism --- Nationalism --- Women's suffrage --- Book --- Democracy --- Citizenship --- Hawaii [state]

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Women's Movements in Asia is a comprehensive study of women's activism across Asia. With chapters written by leading international experts, it provides a full overview of the history of feminism, as well as the current context of the women's movement in 12 countries: the Philippines, China, Indonesia, Japan, Burma, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Korea, India and Pakistan. For each of these countries the manner in which feminism changes according to cultural, political, economic and religious factors is explored. The contributors investigate how

Feminism --- Women --- Transnationalism. --- Political activity

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