Introduction: the dynamics of gender and party / Joni Lovenduski
Two steps forward, one step back: women and the Australian Party System / Marian Simms
Gender and party politics in Britain / Pippa Norris and Joni Lovenduski
Making her way in: women, parties and candidacies in Canada / Lynda Erickson
Transformation or modernization: the rhetoric and reality of gender and party politics in France / Andrew Appleton and Amy G. Mazur
Party change and women's representation in Unified Germany / Eva Kolinsky
Party politics and gender in the Republic of Ireland / Yvonne Galligan
A P̀artitocrazia' without women: the case of the Italian party system / Marila Guadagnini
A battle for power: selecting candidates in the Netherlands / Monique Leijenaar
Ending the male political hegemony: the Norwegian experience / Hege Skjeie
The politics of increased women's representation: the Swedish case / Diane Sainsbury
Party decline, party transformation and gender politcs: the USA / Barbara C. Burrell
Conclusions: comparing legislative recruitment / Pippa Norris.