Part I East Asia: Women in Asian cities, their political and economic roles: Research problems and strategies -- Joyce K. Kallgren / The Japanese woman: evolving views of life and role -- Susan J. Pharr / Women in the People's Republic of China -- Kay Ann Johnson / Part II Southeast Asia: Female elite goals and national development: some data from the Philipines -- Justin J. Green / Some challenging socioeconomic roles of village women in Malaysia -- Heather Strange / Women in Indonesian politics: the myth of functional interest -- Stephen A. Douglas / Expanding women's horizons in Indonesia: toward maximum equality with minimum conflict -- Ann Ruth Willner / Part III South Asia: Political change: Muslim women in conflict with Parda: their role in the Indian nationalist movement -- Gail Minault / The modern Pakastani woman in a Muslim society -- Sylvia A. Chipp / Women in politics: A case study of Bangladesh -- Rounaq Jahan / Indira Gandhi as head of government -- Manjulika Koshal

Kimono in the boardroom : the invisible evolution of Japanese women managers / Jean R. Renshaw

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-279) and index