Table of Contents

1: Kathleen A. Montgomery: Introduction
2: Richard E. Matland and Kathleen A. Montgomery: Recruting Women to National Legislatures: A General Framework with Applications to Post-Communist Democracies
3: Clyde Wilcox, Beth Stark, and Sue Thomas: Popular Support for Electing Women in Eastern Europe
4: Joanne Bay Brzinski: Women's Representation in Germany: A Comparison of East and West
5: Algis Krupavicius and Irmina Mantonye: Women in Lithuanian Politics: From Nomenklatura Selection to Representation
6: Kathleen A. Montgomery and Gabriella Ilonszki: Weak Mobilization, Hidden Majoritarianism, and Resurgence of the Right: A Recipe for Female Under-Representation in Hungary
7: Sarah Birch: Women and Political Representation in Contemporary Ukraine
8: Robert G. Moser: Electoral Systems and Women's Representation: The Strange Case of Russia
9: Dwan Nowacki: Women in Russian Regional Assemblies: Losing Ground
10: Karolina Ristova: Establishing a Machocracy: Women and Elections in Macedonia (1990-1998)
11: Renata Siemineska: Women in the Polish Sejm: Political Culture and Party Politics versus Electoral Rules
12: Steven Saxonberg: Czech Political Parties Prefer Male Candidates to Female Votes
13: Milica G. Antic: Factors Influencing Women's Presence in the Slovene Parliament
14: Josip Glaurdic: Croatia's Leap toward Gender Equality in the Parliament: Rules and Players
15: Tatiana Kostadinova: Women's Legislative Representation in Post-Communist Bulgaria
16: Richard E. Matland: Conclusion
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About the Author

Richard E. Matland is Associate Professor of Political Science at University of Houston, Texas. Kathleen A. Montgomery is Associate Professor of Political Science at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois.