Comparative Perspective on Women's Representation in the Executive and Legislative Powers in Romania and Croatia

Abstract

The purpose of the present paper is to investigate to what extent women are active participants in politics in two post-communist societies, namely Romania and Croatia, and what are the main causes of their under-representation, to what extent we can talk about affirmative policies for women in these two countries. We shall take into account statistical data concerning women's representation in the executive and legislative powers covering the period of the present and previous legislature. As we shall see the data shows significant differences between the two countries which we shall try to analyze with regard to possible factors responsible for these differences.