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Family Policies, Women, And The Collective Interest In Contemporary China

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This paper analyzes marriage and divorce reform and family planning policies in the People's Republic of China in the context of the state‐defined collective interest. A theoretical examination of the contradictions between women's liberation and the Marxist defined economic and political concerns of the state shows that liberation cannot be achieved until the state acknowledges the values of social reproduction and family nurturance. The empirical discussion of recent reforms in family policies in China points to the continuing manipulation of women's interests by the state. The tendency of the PRC government to make policy based on narrow economic considerations results in the maintenance of a system in which women's special interests are exclude from the collective interest and thus denied legitimacy.

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  • Jean Robinson, 1989. "Family Policies, Women, And The Collective Interest In Contemporary China," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 8(3), pages 648-662, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:8:y:1989:i:3:p:648-662
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1989.tb00986.x
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