JILL M. BYSTYDZIENSKI is Professor of Sociology at Franklin College in Indiana. She is the author of Women Transforming Politics: Worldwide Strategies for Empowerment (1992) and Women in Cross-Cultural Tansitions (1994).

• Acknowledgments Introduction Women in Politics in a Comparative Scandinavian Context Factors Related to High Female Political Representation in Norway The Role of the Women's Movement in Norwegian Women's Attainment of High Political Representation Norwegian Politicians' Perceptions of the Effects of Increased Women's Representation The Significance of Increasing Numbers of Women Politics at a Gendered Institution Conclusion: Engendering Political Equality Bibliography

JILL M. BYSTYDZIENSKI is Professor of Sociology at Franklin College in Indiana. She is the author of Women Transforming Politics: Worldwide Strategies for Empowerment (1992) and Women in Cross-Cultural Tansitions (1994).

• Acknowledgments Introduction Women in Politics in a Comparative Scandinavian Context Factors Related to High Female Political Representation in Norway The Role of the Women's Movement in Norwegian Women's Attainment of High Political Representation Norwegian Politicians' Perceptions of the Effects of Increased Women's Representation The Significance of Increasing Numbers of Women Politics at a Gendered Institution Conclusion: Engendering Political Equality Bibliography

JILL M. BYSTYDZIENSKI is Professor of Sociology at Franklin College in Indiana. She is the author of Women Transforming Politics: Worldwide Strategies for Empowerment (1992) and Women in Cross-Cultural Tansitions (1994).

• Acknowledgments Introduction Women in Politics in a Comparative Scandinavian Context Factors Related to High Female Political Representation in Norway The Role of the Women's Movement in Norwegian Women's Attainment of High Political Representation Norwegian Politicians' Perceptions of the Effects of Increased Women's Representation The Significance of Increasing Numbers of Women Politics at a Gendered Institution Conclusion: Engendering Political Equality Bibliography