TY - BOOK TI - Gender and development: the Japanese experience in comparative perspective SN - 13: 9781403949448 Hb, Bp. AV - HQ 1240.5.J3 G46 2005 JAPAN PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan/IDE-JETRO KW - Women in development KW - Japan KW - Women KW - Social conditions KW - 20th century KW - Economic conditions KW - Social change KW - Developing countries N1 - 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 ER -