the Japanese experience in comparative perspective Murayama, Mayumi Ajia Keizai Kenky¯ujo (Japan) text Basingstoke [England] New YoMacmillan/IDE-JETRO 2005 monographic eng

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xx, 266 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. 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 edited by 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 Women in development Japan Women Japan Economic conditions 20th century Women Japan Economic conditions 20th century Social change Japan Women in development Developing countries 9781403949448 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0667/2005042931-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0667/2005042931-t.html UMP 110317 20251117150350.0 vtls000052089