Articles from category Sociology

Magdalena Biejat

Is politics not for women, or are women not for politics? Why men still dominate local government

Magdalena Biejat’s 4.23 percent of the vote marks the best result ever achieved by a woman in a Polish presidential election. Although women make up nearly 52 percent of Poland’s…

Cities like tinderboxes: Are we still living in a post-socialist matrix?

State socialism left a lasting imprint on Central and Eastern Europe. In countries that once fell within the sphere of influence of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), its…