Gender and development : the Japanese experience in comparative perspective /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Murayama, Mayumi, 1961- (ed.)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.