Building Women’s and Men’s Political Representation in Post-Communist European Countries

In this chapter, we detail the position of women in politics in European post-Communist countries with special attention paid to Poland, a country that represents a mosaic of traditional and non-traditional systems of values, behaviors, and expectations towards women and men in terms of family, work, and politics. Why does inequality of women and men remain a fact in the region? What are the real determinants of women’s access to power?