Women's Movements of the United States and Western Europe

Mary Fainsod Katzenstein is Associate Professor of Government at Cornell University.

• Preface Introduction: Comparing the Feminist Movements of the United States and Western Europe: An Overview Mary Fainsod Katzenstein Part I: Changing Consciousness 1. The Diffusion of Consciousness in the United States and Western Europe Ethel Klein 2. How Women Become Involved in the Women's Movement of the Netherlands Martien Briet, Bert Klandermans, and Frederike Kroon 3. Changing Discourse, Changing Agendas: Political Rights and Reproductive Policies in France Jane Jenson 4. Collective Consciousness, Identity Transformation, and the Rise of Women in Public Office in the United States Carol McClurg Mueller Part II: Political Parties and the Structure of Opportunity 5. Women's Struggle in a Workers' City: Feminist Movements in Turin Judith Adler Hellman 6. Feminism and the Model of Militancy in an Italian Communist Federation: Challenges to the Old Style of Politics Stephen Hellman 7. Response to Feminism in the Italian Parliament: Divorce, Abortion, and Sexual Violence Legislation Karen Beckwith 8. Equality and Autonomy: Feminist Politics in the United States and West Germany Myra Marx Ferree 9. Strategy and Tactics of the Women's Movement in the United States: The Role of Political Parties Anne N. Costain and W. Douglas Costain 10. Whom You Know versus Whom You Represent: Feminist Influence in the Democratic and Republican Parties Jo Freeman Part III: The State and Feminist Policy Outcomes 11. Workers' Movements and Women's Interests: The Impact of Labor-State Relations in Britain and Sweden Mary Ruggie 12. Social Movements "Success": A Comparative Analysis of Feminism in the United States and the United Kingdom Joyce Gelb 13. Women Made a Difference: Comparable Worth in San Jose Janet A. Flammang About the Contributors Index

"An excellent collection of papers covering the feminist movements in seven Western democracies (the United States, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Britain, West Germany and Sweden) at the beginning of the 1980s."—International Affairs