Gender and Development

Introduction: An Attempt to Integrate Gender and Development Issues of Japan and Developing Countries; M.Murayama PART 1: REVIEWING JAPANESE EXPERIENCES Economic Development and Gender Disparities: The Japanese Experience; H.Nogami Gender Perspective in Family Planning: Development of Family Planning in Postwar Japan and Policy Implications from the Japanese Experience; Y.Hayase 'Livelihood Improvement' in Postwar Japan: Its Relevance for Rural Development Today; H.K.Sato Entrepreneurship and Rural Women's Empowerment: Some Japanese and Thai Cases; K.Kano PART 2: COMPARING JAPAN AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Women's Participation in Politics and Women's Movement: The History and Background of Recent Successes of Women Candidates in Local Elections; K.Funabashi Has Socialism Contributed to Gender Role Changes? A Comparison of Gender Roles in Cuba and Japan; K.Yamoaka Nation-State, Family and Gender: Recent Studies in Japan and Turkey; K.Murakami PART 3: INTEGRATING JAPAN AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT Factory Women under Globalization: Incorporating Japanese Women into the Global Factory Debate; M.Murayama