Political Parties and Women

Jedna od značajnih uloga koje političke stranke imaju u višestranačkom demokratskom sustavu je poticanje jednakih šansi žena i muškaraca u cilju ostvarivanja pune demokratičnosti. Među parlamentarnim strankama u Hrvatskoj razlikuju se one koje ne vide razloga da se toj temi posebno posvećuju, smatrajući je apsolviranom, dok druge zagovaraju potrebu i kontinuitet brige za društveni položaj žena. U analizi stranačkih stavova o tom pitanju upotrijebljen je sljedeći model: dimenzija čiji su ekstremi društvena intervencija i samoregulacija povezana je s dimenzijom kontinuuma modernizam - tradicionalizam. Tako dobivamo četiri polja dijagrama: u rpvom se nalaze tradicionalističke političke stranke koje društveni položaj žena vide kao spontanog razvoja društva u cijelosti, dakle prihvaćaju načelo samoregulacije. U Hrvatskoj su to HDZ, HSS i HSP. U drugom, za sada nepopunjenom polju nalazile bi se stranke koje teže društvenoj regulaciji u ostvariranju tradicionalnih društvenih vrijednosti. Sljedeće polje dijagrama komplementarno dijele moderne političke stranke sklone samoregulaciji (HNS, HSLS, HND, SNS, IDS, DA), te one koje zagovaraju društvenu regulaciju spomenutog stranačkog problema (SDP i ASH). Analiza odnosa prema ženama u stranačkoj organizaciji prikazuje (1) nizak postotak žena u stranačkim redovima bez obzira na karakter političke stranke i (2) "pravilo" da porastom razine političkog odlučivanja opada prisutnost žena.One of the major roles of political parties within a multiparty democatic system is to encourage equal opportunities of men and women with the aim of realizing full democracy. Among the parliamentary parties in Croatia we can distinguish between those who can see no reason whatsoever to pay special attention lo this issue, considering it setlled, and those who advocate the need for and the continuity of promoting women rights. In the analysis of party politics on that issue the following model was used: a dimension whose extremes are state intervention and selfregulation. It was linked with the dimcension of the continuum Modernism-traditionalism. Thus we get a four-field chart. The first field includes thc traditionalist political parties who view the social position of women as a result of a spontaneous development of the society in general, i.e. they accept the rule of self-regulation. These are HDZ, HSS and HSP. In the second, (for the time being empty, there would be parties that strive for the social regulation in the realization of these traditional social values. The next field is complementarily shared by modern political parties inclined to selfregulation (HNS, HSLS, HND, SNS. IDS, DA) and those who advocate state regulation of the mentioned issue (SDP and ASH). The analysis of the attitude towards women in party organization shows the following: 1. Low percentage of women among party rank-and-file regardless of a party\u27s nature and 2. "the rule" that the higher the level or polilical decision-making, the lower the number of women