Gender and development: the Japanese experience in comparative perspective
edited by Mayumi Murayama
Gender and development: the Japanese experience in comparative perspective
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edited by Mayumi MurayamaPublisher
Palgrave Macmillan/IDE-JETROEdition 1
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Title and Author
Gender and development: the Japanese experience in comparative perspective / edited by Mayumi MurayamaPublication Details
بازینگستوک : Palgrave Macmillan/IDE-JETRO، 2005مPhysical Description
xx, 266 p.: ill.; 23 cm.Subject
Women in development -- JapanWomen -- Japan -- Social conditions 20th century
Women -- Japan -- Economic conditions 20th century
Social change -- Japan
Women in development -- Developing countries
Language
انگلیسی"Outcome of a research project conducted at the Institute of Developing Economies )IDE-JETRO( from 2002 to 4002"--Introd.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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