Gender and development : the Japanese experience in comparative perspective - Murayama, Mayumi, 1961-; Ajia Keizai Kenkyūjo (Japan) (Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan/IDE-JETRO, 2005)
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.
"Outcome of a research project conducted at the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) from 2002 to 2004"--Introd.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Donated by Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh, Read Japan Project 2025, The Tokyo Foundation, supported by The Nippon Foundation.
Keywords: Women in development -- Japan; Women -- Japan -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Women -- Japan -- Economic conditions -- 20th century; Social change -- Japan; Social science; Women in development -- Developing countries; Social science