Gender (In)equality and Gender Politics in Southeastern Europe

The collapse of socialist regimes across Southeastern Europe changed the rules of the political game and led to the transformation of these societies. The status of women was immediately affected. The contributors to this volume contrast the status of women in the post-socialist societies of the region with their status under socialism.

Alenka Bartulovi?, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Marsela Dauti, Washington University in St. Louis, USA Slavcho Dimitrov is president of the Coalition for the Sexual and Health Rights of Marginalized Communities, which has been active in defending the rights of sexual minorities in Macedonia, and a gender studies researcher. Katalin Fábián, Lafayette College, Pennsylvania, USA Rada Drezgi?, University of Belgrade, Serbia Da a Duha?ek, University of Belgrade, Serbia Eglantina Gjermeni was elected member of the Socialist Party of Tirana District in the general election of 2009. She is a member of the Parliamentary Committee for Health and Social Affairs Mileva Gjurovska, Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, Macedonia Hilde Katrine Haug, University of Oslo, Norway Jill A. Irvine, University of Oklahoma, USA Ana Kralj, University of Primorska, Slovenia Roman Kuhar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Jill Massino, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA Raluca Maria Popa, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary Tanja Rener, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Kristen Ringdal, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway Olivera Simi?, Griffith University, Australia Albert Simkus, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway Mariya Stoilova, University of London, Birkbeck, USA Leda Sutlovic, Center for Women's Studies in Zagreb, Croatia