This book examines the life and work of women who have reached positions of political power after the end of communism in Europe. It explores the roles they hav

This book considers women's access to formal positions of powers in the newly formed democracies of post communist Europe. While acknowledging the relevance of

This is a sourcebook on gender quotas in nations that experienced multiple generations of Communist Party rule. We built the book from a variety of sources and

The representation of women in parliament is a subject of extensive research and a focus for political action in the last decade. The wide variation in women's

Sixteen contributions seek to explore what has happened to women during the various stages of transition from communism to a market economy and multiparty polit