A comprehensive regional study of women in the political executive power.

1. Introduction Gretchen Bauer and Manon Tremblay 2. Arab States Vânia Carvalho Pinto 3. South and Southeast Asia Andrea Fleschenberg 4. Oceania Jennifer Curtin and Marian Sawer 5. Central and Eastern Europe Maxime Forest 6. Sub-Saharan Africa Gretchen Bauer 7. Latin America Tiffany D. Barnes and Mark P. Jones 8. North America Farida Jalalzai and Manon Tremblay 9. Western Europe Fiona Buckley and Yvonne Galligan 10. Nordic Countries Christina Bergqvist 11. Conclusion Manon Tremblay and Gretchen Bauer

Gretchen Bauer is professor and chair in the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware, USA.

Manon Tremblay is professor at the School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada.