1st Edition
Cooperation over Conflict The Women's Movement and the State in Postwar Japan
By Miriam Murase
Copyright 2006
152 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
148 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
Japan's postwar transformation has been hailed as nothing short of a miracle. Yet, in the midst of massive social, economic, political, and cultural change, gender inequality persists at remarkably high levels. The paradox of Japan's progress against the persistence of gender inequality raises the question of why women remain a half-step behind men, more than a half century after women were... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Women's Organizations 3. Women's Centers 4. Women's Policy and Policy Making 5. Conclusion. Appendix. References.
Biography
Miriam Murase is a lecturer in the Politics department at Saint Mary's College of California. She received a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
"Murase's book takes us through a detailed and well-documented examination of the history and development of women's organizations in Japan. Her literature review is extensive and her research solid. This volume is dense with detail and provides an excellent reference source for the reader." - Anne E. Imamura, Journal of Japanese Studies, 2007
