1. Introduction 2. Recruting Women to National Legislatures: A General Framework with Applications to Post-Communist Democracies 3. Popular Support for Electing Women in Eastern Europe 4. Women's Representation in Germany: A Comparison of East and West 5. Women in Lithuanian Politics: From Nomenklatura Selection to Representation 6. Weak Mobilization, Hidden Majoritarianism, and Resurgence of the Right: A Recipe for Female Under-Representation in Hungary 7. Women and Political Representation in Contemporary Ukraine 8. Electoral Systems and Women's Representation: The Strange Case of Russia 9. Women in Russian Regional Assemblies: Losing Ground 10. Establishing a Machocracy: Women and Elections in Macedonia (1990-1998) 11. Women in the Polish Sejm: Political Culture and Party Politics versus Electoral Rules 12. Czech Political Parties Prefer Male Candidates to Female Votes 13. Factors Influencing Women's Presence in the Slovene Parliament 14. Croatia's Leap toward Gender Equality in the Parliament: Rules and Players 15. Women's Legislative Representation in Post-Communist Bulgaria 16. Conclusion Bibliography
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