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Women and poverty in Hong Kong: power in the economy, the state and discourse.

Wu, Ka Ming. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 155-163). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i-iii / Table of Content --- p.iv-v / Abbreviations --- p.vi / Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction: Women and Poverty in Hong Kong --- p.1 / Poor Women: Where and Who are They? / Research Purpose and Questions / Research Methodology / Some Research Reflections / Chapter Chapter Two --- "Engendering the Question of Poverty: Power in Economy, State and Discourse" --- p.14 / Women and Development under Economic Globalization / Working Daughters Getting Old: The Hong Kong Case / Hong Kong in the International Political Economy / Poor Women: The Opposition of Workers and Citizens / Welfare Perspectives: Three Different Theoretical Streams / The Political Economy of Welfare State / Feminist Critique of Welfare State / Poor Women and Welfare Services in Hong Kong / The Genealogy of Modern Power: Foucault on Power and Discourse / Discourse Analysis / Ideology versus Truth / The Power of Gaze / The Welfare Cut: The Poor as Objects of State Intervention / Power/ Knowledge / Chapter Chapter Three --- poor Women as Product of Economic Development: Changing Role of Hong Kong in the Global Economy --- p.45 / Changing Role of Hong Kong in the Global Economy / Poor Women after Economic Restructuring / Reproductive Work Positions: Sliding Ranks and Salaries / No Jobs for Poor Mothers / Working Poor Mothers: Reconciling Paid Work and Family Responsibility / Familialism and the Incorporation of Women as Labor / Capitalist Production of Familialism / The Matron Workers in the 1970s vs the Disabled Women in the 1990s / Entering the Information Age in the late 1990s: Poor Women and Development / Conclusion / Chapter Chapter Four --- "Women, Poverty and the Welfare System in Hong Kong " --- p.72 / Concern of Hong Kong Social Policy / The Myth of Lassie-faire in Social Welfare / Productivity: Philosophy of Hong Kong Social Welfare / Single Mothers as Study Focus / Who has the Right to Social Welfare? The Breadwinner's Myth / Housing Problem for Single Mothers with Children / Poor Lives of Lone Mother: Child Caring and Work / Women in Our Welfare System without Citizenship / Chapter Chapter Five --- Discourse on the Welfare Cut: The Poor as Object of Intervention --- p.101 / Discursive Analysis / The Arrival of Dependency Culture in Hong Kong / Colonial Fear against the Poor: History of the Politics of Welfare / The Poor as the Object of Intervention / "The Poor against the “Imagined Poor"" " / The Construction of Social Subjectivities of the Lower Class / Conclusion: Difficulty of the Underclass and their Agency / Chapter Chapter Six --- Knowledge Production and Power Relation in Hong Kong --- p.124 / Social Welfare in Hong Kong: To Prevent People from Starving to Death / Make Money and Be Happy: People and Society in Hong Kong / Chou's Discourse on Welfare in Hong Kong / The Hidden Reality in the Affluent 1990s / Rocketing Welfare and Car Crash / The Meaning of Non-Interventionism: Government and Business Interests / Non-Interventionism as Ruling Success or Ruling Inability? / Power/ Knowledge and the Politics of Writing / Conclusion / Chapter Chapter Seven --- Conclusion --- p.148 / Complicity of Economic Development / Complicity of the Government / Power of Discourse / Effects of Discourse / Discourse and Knowledge Production / The Future / Bibliography --- p.155

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_323046
Date January 2000
ContributorsWu, Ka Ming., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Graduate Board of Gender Studies., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Government and Public Administration.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, vi, 163 leaves ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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