Introduction : Empowering women : agency, structure, and comparative perspective / Jennifer L. Troutner and Peter H. Smith
Many paths to power : women in contemporary Asia / Irene Tinker
Climbing the pyramids of power : alternative routes to women's empowerment and activism / Rae Lesser Blumberg
From the personal to the political : women activists in Japan / Tokuko Ogai
Feminism and the transition to democracy in Chile / Marcela Ríos Tobar
Women and economic crisis : Mexico and Thailand / Voravidh Charoenloet and Flor de Lis Vásquez Muñoz
Women, poverty, and survival of the household : Peru / Carolina Trivelli
Women in the business world : Japan in comparative perspective / Sanae Kora
Women and the Internet in China / Bu Wei
Social codes and gender roles : schoolbooks in Korea and Mexico / Hwa Soo Chung
Women and cinema in Mexico / Norma Iglesias
Gender and sexuality on television : Japan and Brazil / Mauro Neves Jr.
Conclusion : States, markets, and patterns of empowerment / Christine Hünefeldt.
