Gender and development : the Japanese experience in comparative perspective /
Gender and development : the Japanese experience in comparative perspective /
edited by Mayumi Murayama.
- Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan/IDE-JETRO, 2005.
- xx, 266 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
"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.
1403949441 9781403949448
2005042931
Social change--Japan.
Women in development--Developing countries.
Women in development--Japan.
Women--Economic conditions--Japan--20th century.
Women--Social conditions--Japan--20th century.
HQ1240.5.J3 / G46 2005
305.4889560904
"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.
1403949441 9781403949448
2005042931
Social change--Japan.
Women in development--Developing countries.
Women in development--Japan.
Women--Economic conditions--Japan--20th century.
Women--Social conditions--Japan--20th century.
HQ1240.5.J3 / G46 2005
305.4889560904