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Gender and development : the Japanese experience in comparative perspective / edited by Mayumi Murayama.

Contributor(s): Murayama, Mayumi, 1961- | Ajia Keizai Kenkyūjo (Japan)Material type: TextTextPublisher: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan/IDE-JETRO, 2005; Jetro : Institute of Developing Economics, 2005Description: xx, 266 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 1403949441; 9781403949448Subject(s): Women in development -- Japan | Women -- Japan -- Social conditions -- 20th century | Women -- Japan -- Economic conditions -- 20th century | Social change -- Japan | Women in development -- Developing countriesDDC classification: 305.48895609045 LOC classification: HQ1240.5.J3 | G46 2005Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information
Contents:
Introduction : An attempt to integrate gender and development issues of Japan and developing countries / Mayumi Murayama -- Economic development and gender disparities : the Japanese experience / Hiroki Nogami -- Gender perspectives in family planning : the development of family planning in postwar Japan and policy implications from the Japanese experience / Yasuko Hayase -- 'Livelihood improvement' in postwar Japan : its relevance for rural development today / Hiroshi Kan Sato -- Entrepreneurship and rural women's empowerment : some Japanese and Thai cases / Kazuko Kano -- Women's participation in politics and the women's movement : the history and background of recent successes of women candidates in local elections / Kuniko Funabashi -- Has socialism contributed to gender role changes? A comparison of gender roles in Cuba and Japan / Kanako Yamaoka -- Nation-state, family and gender : recent studies in Japan and Turkey / Kaoru Murakami -- Factory women under globalization : incorporating Japanese women into the global factory debate / Mayumi Murayama.
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"Outcome of a research project conducted at the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) from 2002 to 2004"--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : An attempt to integrate gender and development issues of Japan and developing countries / Mayumi Murayama -- Economic development and gender disparities : the Japanese experience / Hiroki Nogami -- Gender perspectives in family planning : the development of family planning in postwar Japan and policy implications from the Japanese experience / Yasuko Hayase -- 'Livelihood improvement' in postwar Japan : its relevance for rural development today / Hiroshi Kan Sato -- Entrepreneurship and rural women's empowerment : some Japanese and Thai cases / Kazuko Kano -- Women's participation in politics and the women's movement : the history and background of recent successes of women candidates in local elections / Kuniko Funabashi -- Has socialism contributed to gender role changes? A comparison of gender roles in Cuba and Japan / Kanako Yamaoka -- Nation-state, family and gender : recent studies in Japan and Turkey / Kaoru Murakami -- Factory women under globalization : incorporating Japanese women into the global factory debate / Mayumi Murayama.

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