Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Women's changing roles and status
- 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 Philippines /
- Justin J. Green
- Some changing 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 Pakistani 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.