Gender and Development

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: An Attempt to Integrate Gender and Development Issues of Japan and Developing Countries

   1. Introduction: An Attempt to Integrate Gender and Development Issues of Japan and Developing Countries

      • Mayumi Murayama

      Pages 1-20

3. Reviewing Japanese Experiences

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21

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   2. Economic Development and Gender Disparities: The Japanese Experience

      • Hiroki Nogami

      Pages 23-39

   3. Gender Perspectives in Family Planning: The Development of Family Planning in Postwar Japan and Policy Implications from the Japanese Experience

      • Yasuko Hayase

      Pages 40-67

   4. ‘Livelihood Improvement’ in Postwar Japan: Its Relevance for Rural Development Today

      • Hiroshi Kan Sato

      Pages 68-84

   5. Entrepreneurship and Rural Women’s Empowerment: Some Japanese and Thai Cases

      • Kazuko Kano

      Pages 85-116

4. Comparing Japan and Developing Countries

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117

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   2. 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

      Pages 119-151

   3. Has Socialism Contributed to Gender Role Changes? A Comparison of Gender Roles in Cuba and Japan

      • Kanako Yamaoka

      Pages 152-203

   4. Nation-state, Family and Gender: Recent Studies in Japan and Turkey

      • Kaoru Murakami

      Pages 204-219

5. Integrating Japan and Developing Countries in the Global Context

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221

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   2. Factory Women under Globalization: Incorporating Japanese Women into the Global Factory Debate

      • Mayumi Murayama

      Pages 223-256

6. Back Matter

   Pages 257-266

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Although Japanese economic development is often discussed, less attention is given to social development, and much less to gender related issues. By examining Japanese experiences related to gender, the authors seek insights relevant to the current developing countries. Simultaneously, the book points out the importance for Japanese society to draw lessons from the creativity and activism of women in developing countries.

• Developing Countries
• development
• Economic Development
• gender
• globalization
• Import
• women

'Each chapter is written in a comparative perspective with developing countries. The common message is a call for the creation of an interactive space to exchange individual experiences and insights between different societies in order to formulate a more powerful gender and development agenda in each society'. - Oxfam Development Resource Review

• Area Studies Center, IDE-JETRO, Japan

  Mayumi Murayama

KUNIKO FUNABASHI Professor of Women/Gender Studies, Wako University YASUKO HAYASE Lecturer, Department of Economics, Meikai University, Japan KAZUKO KANO Senior Technical Advisor for Social Development, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Japan KAORU MURAKAMI Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), Japan HIROKI NOGAMI Director, Inter-Disciplinary Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), Japan HIROSHI KAN SATO Senior Researcher on Development Sociology, Development Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), Japan KANAKO YAMAOKA Associate Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), Japan

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