Editorial Susanne V. Knudsen, Bente Meyer p. 126
Introduction: Gender and power 2 Lotta Strandberg, Susanne V. Knudsen p. 127
Gender and power in a post-nationalist European Union Rosi Braidotti p. 130
Images of gender and the negotiation of agency in Salman Rushdie's Shame Lotta Strandberg p. 143
Pain, purification, pleasure: representations of the body in contemporary women's writing in Serbia Biljana Dojcinovic-Nesic p. 153
Women's pictures and the politics of resistance in Poland Elzbieta H. Oleksy p. 162
Women and "the alternative public sphere": toward a new definition of women's activism and the separate spheres in East-Central Europe Andrea Peto, Judith Szapor p. 172
Amongst men: male dominance and gender equality politics Solveig Bergman p. 182
Young women challenge the political establishments Elisabet Rogg p. 185