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Examines the life and work of women who have reached positions of political power after the end of communism in Europe. This book explores the roles they have adopted, the relationships they have cultivated, and the agendas they have pursued.

Auteur

Marilyn Rueschemeyer is Professor Emerita of Sociology at the Rhode Island School of Design and currently chairs the European Politics Series at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies. Her books include Professional Work and Marriage: An East-West Comparison and Women in the Politics of Postcommunist Eastern Europe.

Sharon L. Wolchik is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University. She is author of Czechoslovakia in Transition: Politics, Economics, and Society and editor (with James R. Millar) of The Social Legacy of Communism.

Women in Power in Post-Communist Parliaments examines the life and workof women who have reached positions of political power after the end of communism inEurope. It explores the roles they have adopted, the relationships they havecultivated, and the agendas they have pursued. Much of the literature on women inpost-Communist states has focused on one or two countries. This volume treats theissues comparatively, in six countries -- the Czech Republic, Germany (with a focuson the former GDR), Slovenia, Bulgaria, Poland, and Russia. It also includesinterviews with and written statements by the very "women in power" discussed in thefirst half of the book, giving voice to their common and divergent experiences aspolitical actors within an environment of stormy economies and new foreignengagements, particularly with the European Union.

I Introduction
Marilyn Rueschemeyer and Sharon L. Wolchik

PART ONE

II Women in the Russian Duma
Linda J. Cook and Carol Nechemias

III Is There a Women's Lobby in the Polish Parliament: Progress and Current Difficulties
Renata Siemienska

IV Women in the Slovene Parliament: Working toward a Critical Mass
Milica Antic Gaber

V Women in Power in the Czech Republic: Problems and Prospects
Sharon L. Wolchik

VI East German Women in the Unified German Parliament
Marilyn Rueschemeyer

VII Reflections on the Return of the King: Women in the
Bulgarian Parliament
Karen Ghodsee

PART TWO

VIII Conversations with Russian Parliamentarians
Linda J. Cook and Carol Nechemias

IX The Perspective of the Head of the Parliamentary Women's Group:
Senator Dorota Kempka Speaks with Agnieszka Majcher

X A Specialist in Culture in the Slovene Parliament
Majda Sirca

XI Negotiating the Czech Parliament
Anna Curdova

XII From the German Democratic Republic to the European Parliament
Constanze Krehl

XIII Entering the Bulgarian Parliament
Kina Andreeva

XIV Conclusion
Marilyn Rueschemeyer and Sharon L. Wolchik

Selected Bibliography

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