Gender and Development The Japanese

A pioneering work that examines the Japanese experiences in relation to gender and economic development using a comparative perspective with other developing countries.

List of Figures

ix

List of Tables

x

Glossary of Japanese Terms

xii

Acknowledgments

xiii

Notes on the Contributors

xiv

Map of Japan

xvi

Chronology of Related Events

xvii

List of Abbreviations

xix

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

1

(1)

Mayumi Murayama

Reviewing Japanese experiences from a gender and development perspective

1

(5)

Reviewing the Japanese experience from the perspective of developing countries

6

(4)

Structure of the book

10

(7)

Concluding remarks

17

(6)

Part I Reviewing Japanese Experiences

Economic Development and Gender Disparities: The Japanese Experience

23

(17)

Hiroki Nogami

Introduction

23

(1)

Survey of the literature

24

(7)

GDI for pre-war Japan

31

(5)

Summary and conclusion

36

(4)

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

40

(28)

Yasuko Hayase

Introduction

40

(2)

Population policies, family planning and gender relations in developing countries

42

(9)

The development of family planning policies and programmes in Japan

51

(7)

The outcome of family planning programmes and fertility decline in Japan

58

(3)

Policy implications from the Japanese experience in family planning

61

(7)

`Livelihood Improvement' in Postwar Japan: Its Relevance for Rural Development Today

68

(17)

Hiroshi Kan Sato

Introduction

68

(1)

Preceding studies and their impasse

69

(2)

Rural development and the concept of `livelihood'

71

(1)

The livelihood improvement programme

72

(4)

Group activities

76

(3)

Economic growth and the LIP

79

(1)

Lessons from the LIP as a rural development experience

80

(2)

Conclusion

82

(3)

Entrepreneurship and Rural Women's Empowerment: Some Japanese and Thai Cases

85

(34)

Kazuko Kano

Introduction

85

(3)

Women's role in agriculture

88

(3)

Entrepreneurial activities and rural women's empowerment

91

(10)

Cases of rural women's entrepreneurial activities

101

(9)

Conclusions

110

(9)

Part II Comparing Japan and Developing Countries

Women's Participation in Politics and the Women's Movement: The History and Background of Recent Successes of Women Candidates in Local Elections

119

(33)

Kuniko Funabashi

Introduction

119

(2)

History of women's political participation in Japan

121

(13)

Women's participation in politics and the women's movement in Nagano Prefecture

134

(7)

The significance of the emergence of female assembly members

141

(2)

Prospects and future challenges: what we can learn from Korean women's experiences

143

(3)

Conclusion

146

(6)

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

152

(52)

Kanako Yamaoka

Introduction

152

(2)

The transformation of Cuban women's labour participation in the post-revolutionary period

154

(14)

Gender roles: how to share domestic work

168

(16)

Comparison with Japan

184

(12)

Conclusion

196

(8)

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

204

(19)

Kaoru Murakami

Introduction

204

(1)

Recent studies in Japan

205

(6)

Recent studies in Turkey

211

(5)

Comparison and considerations

216

(7)

Part III Integrating Japan and Developing Countries in the Global Context

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

223

(34)

Mayumi Murayama

Introduction

223

(1)

Debate on female factory work in the developing countries

224

(7)

Interconnectedness of women in global factories

231

(5)

Female textile workers in Japan

236

(13)

Concluding remarks

249

(8)

Index

257

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