Women in politics: Is an Intervention due?

U radu se razmatraju čimbenici koji određuju stupanj sudjelovanja žena u parlamentarnom odlučivanju. Taj stupanj ovisi na jednoj strani o samoorganiziranju žena, kao što je to slučaj u SAD, a na drugoj o intervenciji političkih struktura (države, kao što je to u socijalističkim zemljama, ili političkih stranaka, kao što je to u zapadnim demokracijama). Tamo gdje nema ni jednog ni drugog, sudjelovanje žena drastično opada (slučaj zemalja u tranziciji).The paper deals with the factors which determine the scope of the participation of women in parliamentary decision-making. The scope depends, on the one hand, on self-organization of women (in the USA), and on the other on the intervention of the political agencies (the state, as is the case in socialist countries, or political parties, as is the case in western democracies). Without either, the percentage of women participating in politics is drastically reduced (which happened in countries in transition)