Gender, State and Social Power in Contemporary Indonesia (ASAA Women in Asia Series)

by KateO'Shaughnessy (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2008

  $150.13

  Examines gender, state and social power in Indonesia, focusing in particular on state regulation of divorce from 1965 to 2005 and its impact on women. Drawing on a wide selection of primary sources, including court records, legal codes, newspaper reports, fiction, interviews and case studies, this book provides a historical account of this period.