JILL M. BYSTYDZIENSKI is Director of Women's Studies and Professor of Sociology at Iowa State University. She is author of many articles and book chapters on women in politics and cross–cultural comparisons of women, as well as several books, including Women Transforming Politics: Worldwide Strategies for Empowerment and Women in Electoral Politics: Lessons from Norway.JOTI SEKHON is Associate Professor of Sociology at Greensboro College, where she is also the coordinator of the International Studies Program. She is author of Modern India, a volume in the Comparative Societies series from McGraw-Hill.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction/ Jill M. Bystydzienski and Joti SekhonPART ONE: Asia1. Grassroots Social Action and Empowerment in India: The Case of Action India Women's Program/ Joti Sekhon2. Re-Inheriting Women in Decolonizing Hong Kong/ Irene Lik Kay Tong3. Democracy at the Margins: NGOs and Women's "Unofficial" Political Participation in Singapore/ Meredith WeissPART TWO: Africa and The Middle East4. Exchanging Participation for Promises: Mobilization of Women in Eritrea/ Susan Leisure5. Democratization Through Adult Popular Education: A Reflection on the Resilience of Women from Kwa-Ndebele, South Africa/ Khanya Rajuili and Ione Burke6. Muslim Women's Grassroots Organizations in Syria: Self-Identity as a Form of Democratization/ Nimat Hafez Barazangi7. Women's Grassroots Movements and Democratization in Egypt/ Nawal Ammar and Leila S. LababidyPART THREE: Central America8. Women and Grassroots Democracy in El Salvador: The Case of Comunidad Segundo Montes/ Elizabeth Cagan9. Feminist Organizations and Grassroots Democracy in Honduras/ Charles McKelveyPART FOUR: Eastern Europe10. New Roads to Resistance and Participation: Polish Feminists in the Transition to Democracy/ Judy Root Aulette11. From the Ground Up: Women's Organizations and Democratization in Russia/ Jane F. Berthusen GottlickPART FIVE: Western Europe, North America and Australia12. Building Democratic Bridges Over Belgian Political Bastions: The Work of The VOK—Women's Consultation Committee/ Alison E. Woodward and Rita Mulier13. Women's Participation in Grassroots Initiatives in Ireland/ Christopher Dale14. Sexual Assault and the Canadian State: Participatory Democracy Struggles Within a Liberal Democracy/ Alicja Muszynski15. Empowerment and Disempowerment of Women in Central Appalachia, U.S.A./ Nelda K. Pearson16. Women in Agriculture: Action for More Democratic Australian Farm Politics/ Ruth LiepinsConclusionAbout the Editors and Contributors

JILL M. BYSTYDZIENSKI is Director of Women's Studies and Professor of Sociology at Iowa State University. She is author of many articles and book chapters on women in politics and cross–cultural comparisons of women, as well as several books, including Women Transforming Politics: Worldwide Strategies for Empowerment and Women in Electoral Politics: Lessons from Norway.JOTI SEKHON is Associate Professor of Sociology at Greensboro College, where she is also the coordinator of the International Studies Program. She is author of Modern India, a volume in the Comparative Societies series from McGraw-Hill.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction/ Jill M. Bystydzienski and Joti SekhonPART ONE: Asia1. Grassroots Social Action and Empowerment in India: The Case of Action India Women's Program/ Joti Sekhon2. Re-Inheriting Women in Decolonizing Hong Kong/ Irene Lik Kay Tong3. Democracy at the Margins: NGOs and Women's "Unofficial" Political Participation in Singapore/ Meredith WeissPART TWO: Africa and The Middle East4. Exchanging Participation for Promises: Mobilization of Women in Eritrea/ Susan Leisure5. Democratization Through Adult Popular Education: A Reflection on the Resilience of Women from Kwa-Ndebele, South Africa/ Khanya Rajuili and Ione Burke6. Muslim Women's Grassroots Organizations in Syria: Self-Identity as a Form of Democratization/ Nimat Hafez Barazangi7. Women's Grassroots Movements and Democratization in Egypt/ Nawal Ammar and Leila S. LababidyPART THREE: Central America8. Women and Grassroots Democracy in El Salvador: The Case of Comunidad Segundo Montes/ Elizabeth Cagan9. Feminist Organizations and Grassroots Democracy in Honduras/ Charles McKelveyPART FOUR: Eastern Europe10. New Roads to Resistance and Participation: Polish Feminists in the Transition to Democracy/ Judy Root Aulette11. From the Ground Up: Women's Organizations and Democratization in Russia/ Jane F. Berthusen GottlickPART FIVE: Western Europe, North America and Australia12. Building Democratic Bridges Over Belgian Political Bastions: The Work of The VOK—Women's Consultation Committee/ Alison E. Woodward and Rita Mulier13. Women's Participation in Grassroots Initiatives in Ireland/ Christopher Dale14. Sexual Assault and the Canadian State: Participatory Democracy Struggles Within a Liberal Democracy/ Alicja Muszynski15. Empowerment and Disempowerment of Women in Central Appalachia, U.S.A./ Nelda K. Pearson16. Women in Agriculture: Action for More Democratic Australian Farm Politics/ Ruth LiepinsConclusionAbout the Editors and Contributors

JILL M. BYSTYDZIENSKI is Director of Women's Studies and Professor of Sociology at Iowa State University. She is author of many articles and book chapters on women in politics and cross–cultural comparisons of women, as well as several books, including Women Transforming Politics: Worldwide Strategies for Empowerment and Women in Electoral Politics: Lessons from Norway.JOTI SEKHON is Associate Professor of Sociology at Greensboro College, where she is also the coordinator of the International Studies Program. She is author of Modern India, a volume in the Comparative Societies series from McGraw-Hill.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction/ Jill M. Bystydzienski and Joti SekhonPART ONE: Asia1. Grassroots Social Action and Empowerment in India: The Case of Action India Women's Program/ Joti Sekhon2. Re-Inheriting Women in Decolonizing Hong Kong/ Irene Lik Kay Tong3. Democracy at the Margins: NGOs and Women's "Unofficial" Political Participation in Singapore/ Meredith WeissPART TWO: Africa and The Middle East4. Exchanging Participation for Promises: Mobilization of Women in Eritrea/ Susan Leisure5. Democratization Through Adult Popular Education: A Reflection on the Resilience of Women from Kwa-Ndebele, South Africa/ Khanya Rajuili and Ione Burke6. Muslim Women's Grassroots Organizations in Syria: Self-Identity as a Form of Democratization/ Nimat Hafez Barazangi7. Women's Grassroots Movements and Democratization in Egypt/ Nawal Ammar and Leila S. LababidyPART THREE: Central America8. Women and Grassroots Democracy in El Salvador: The Case of Comunidad Segundo Montes/ Elizabeth Cagan9. Feminist Organizations and Grassroots Democracy in Honduras/ Charles McKelveyPART FOUR: Eastern Europe10. New Roads to Resistance and Participation: Polish Feminists in the Transition to Democracy/ Judy Root Aulette11. From the Ground Up: Women's Organizations and Democratization in Russia/ Jane F. Berthusen GottlickPART FIVE: Western Europe, North America and Australia12. Building Democratic Bridges Over Belgian Political Bastions: The Work of The VOK—Women's Consultation Committee/ Alison E. Woodward and Rita Mulier13. Women's Participation in Grassroots Initiatives in Ireland/ Christopher Dale14. Sexual Assault and the Canadian State: Participatory Democracy Struggles Within a Liberal Democracy/ Alicja Muszynski15. Empowerment and Disempowerment of Women in Central Appalachia, U.S.A./ Nelda K. Pearson16. Women in Agriculture: Action for More Democratic Australian Farm Politics/ Ruth LiepinsConclusionAbout the Editors and Contributors