Verzameling bijdragen over de deelname van vrouwen aan de politiek in een aantal Oost-Europese landen in de jaren negentig. Bevat: Women and politics in Post-Soviet Russia / door Carol Nechemias: Polish women in politics / door Anna Titkow: Transition to local democracy: do Polish women have a chance? / door Joanna Regulska: Women and politics in Western Germany / door Eva Kolinsky: Women in the politics of Eastern Germany: the dilemmas of unification / door Marilyn Rueschemeyer: Women and the politics of transition in the Czech and Slovak Republics / door Sharon L. Wolchik: The political woman?: women in politics in Hungary / door Eva Fodor: From tradition and ideology to elections and competition: the changing status of women in Romanian politics / door Mary Ellen Fischer: In pursuit of a framework: delayed modernization and the emancipation of women in the Balkans / door Silva Meznaric en Mirjana Ule: The case of Slovenia / door Silva Meznaric en Mirjana Ule: Public opinion and the political position of women in Croatia / door Jill Irvine: Reflections on nationalism and its impact on women in Serbia / door Branka Andjelkovic: Similar or different?: women in postcommunist Bulgaria / door Dobrinka Kostova: Disappearing from politics: social change and women in Albania / door Fatos Tarifa: Difficulties and opportunities in the transition period: concluding observations / door Marilyn Rueschemeyer.