Jane S. Jaquette is professor of politics and chair of the Diplomacy and World Affairs Department at Occidental College, Los Angeles.

• From Transition to Participation - Women's Movements and Democratic Politics, Jane S. Jaquette; The (Trans)formation of Feminism(s) and Gender Politics in Democratizing Brazil, Sonia E. Alvarez; From Dictatorship to Democracy - The Women's Movement in Chile, Patricia M. Chuchryk; Women and Democracy in Argentina, Maria del Carmen Feijoo; The Uses of Conservatism - Women's Democratic Politics in Uruguay, Carina Perelli; The Difficult Equilibrium Between Bread and Roses - Women's Organizations and Democracy in Peru, Maruja Barrig; Feminism, Revolution and Democratic Transitions in Nicaragua, Norma Stoltz Chinchilla; Women's Movements, Feminism and Mexican Politics, Carmen Ramos Escandon; Women's Political Participation - The Prospects for Democracy, Jane S. Jaquette.