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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 / Sus an 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.