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Hungary: Magyar women;s lives : complexities and contraditions / Chris Corrin -- Poland: Between church and state : Polish women's experience / Jolanta Plakwicz -- Czech and Slovak Federative Republic: The culture of strong women in the making? / Mita Castle-Kanerova -- German Democratic Republic: Emanicpated women or hardworking mothers? / Barbara Einhorn -- Yugoslavia: The transitional spirit of the age / Milica Antic -- Russia and the former Soviet republics: Behind the mask of Soviet unity : realities of women's lives / Hilary Pilkington