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. 
<br/><br/> "Outcome of a research project conducted at the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) from 2002 to 2004"--Introd. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1403949441 9781403949448 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005042931 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social change--Japan.<br/>Women in development--Developing countries.<br/>Women in development--Japan.<br/>Women--Economic conditions--Japan--20th century.<br/>Women--Social conditions--Japan--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1240.5.J3  / G46 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.4889560904