Education and Female Entrepreneurship in Asia Public Policies and Pr
This book examines policies and practices that relate to the education of female entrepreneurs in China, India, Singapore, Indonesia, and Japan. Through both textual and interview data, the book reveals the importance of initiatives that structure entrepr
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Education and Female Entrepreneurship in Asia
Mary Ann Maslak
Education and Female Entrepreneurship in Asia Public Policies and Private Practices
Mary Ann Maslak The School of Education St. John’s University Queens, NY, USA
ISBN 978-1-137-55482-6 ISBN 978-1-137-55483-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-55483-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017945795 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © Kimberly Lachat/EyeEm/Getty Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Nature America Inc. The registered company address is: 1 New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004, U.S.A.
I dedicate this book to my parents, Evelyn and Bill Maslak. I thank them for their continual support of my interest in and need to explore the world. I am forever grateful.
Preface
It started with China. I lived in southern Gansu for many months to conduct research on Muslim minority girls’ education a decade. During the data collection for that project, I talked with mothers, at length, about their lives and the lives that they wanted for their daughters. During those conversations, I learned that most of them did not have a formal education. At the same time, those same women operated small businesses. They figured out how to use the banking system, compare prices from vendors, keep records of supplies for their small restaurants, and inventory for their sundy stores. They supported themselves and their families with the income generated from them. Their husbands were absent, reportedly working in cities far from home, and returning home at Chinese New Year. At the end of the workday, during the evening when it was just Chinese TV and me in my small room at the local guest house, I had time to think. I reflecte
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