Notes on the Contributors - Acknowledgements - Introduction: Problems, Policies and Politics; M.Buckley & M.Anderson - Applying Community Standards on Equality; A.Byre - 'Give us Equal Pay and We'll Open Our Own Doors' - A Study of the Impact in the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Ireland of the European Community's Policy on Women's Rights; C.Hoskyns - Enforcement Procedures for Individual Complaints: Equal Pay and Equal Treatment; J.Corcoran - The Policies of the European Communities with Special Reference to the Labour Market; O.Quintin - Women on the Edge of Time: Part-Time Work in Ireland, North and South; U.Barry & P.Jackson - Indirect Discrimination in Social Security in the Netherlands; I.Sjerps - The Women's Movement and Public Policy in Western Europe: Theory, Strategy, Practice and Politics; J.Lovenauski - Do Women Make a Difference? The Impact of Women MEPs on Community Equality Policy; E.Vallance - The Impact of Parties on Economic Equality; P.Norris - Opportunities for Women to Enter Decision-Making Arenas; G.Zincone - The Role and Influence of a Minister for Women's Rights; M.Coquillat - Women's Equal Right to Equal Education; M.Rendel - The Politics of Abortion in European States; J.Outshoorn - Index