Ten years later: Gender relations in transition

Current processes of transformation of modern societies are accompanied by changes in gender relations, gender regimes and gender arrangements. The ar ticle discusses three aspects of these changes: firstly, it focuses on both , the modifications of the situation of East German women, more specificall y of East German gender arrangements, and their ambivalent effects; secondl y, it outlines those social developments, which lead to new social differen tiations and inequalities, thereby asking, if and how they are linked to ge nder differences or new configurations of gender arrangements; thirdly, it discusses new conceptual challenges for women's and gender studies, which s tem from these developments.