1. Introduction: Transnational Networks and NGOs in Postcommunist Societies / Sarah E. Mendelson and John K. Glenn -- 2. International Actors and Women's NGOs in Poland and Hungary / Patrice C. McMahon -- 3. Evaluating Western Assistance to Russian Women's Organizations / James Richter -- 4. International Assistance and the Development of Independent Mass Media in the Czech and Slovak Republics / Karen Ballentine -- 5. Western and Russian Environmental NGOs: A Greener Russia? / Leslie Powell -- 6. Environmental NGOs in Kazakhstan: Democratic Goals and Nondemocratic Outcomes / Erika Weinthal and Pauline Jones Luong -- 7. International Democracy Assistance In Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan: Building Civil Society from the Outside? / Fiona B. Adamson -- 8. International NGOs in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Attempting to Build Civil Society / V. P. Cagnon, Jr. -- 9. Conclusion: The Power and Limits of Transnational Democracy Networks in Postcommunist Societies / Sarah E. Mendelson