Obrasci transformacije Hrvatske demokratske zajednice od 1990. do 2020.

master's thesis

• Title (english): The Transformation Patterns of the Croatian Democratic Union from 1990 to 2020
• Author: Ronald Filipčić
• Mentor: Dario Nikić Čakar (mentor)
• Committee member: Dario Nikić Čakar (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Berto Šalaj (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Davor Boban (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; The Faculty of Political Science; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2021-06-15, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Science

Abstract

Od svog osnutka do danas Hrvatska demokratska zajednica se postupno transformirala i prilagođavala vremenu te je prošla put od svojevrsnog nacionalnog pokreta čiji je jedini cilj bio ostvariti hrvatsku samostalnost preko klijentelističke stranke s izuzetno jakim liderom u vidu predsjednika Franje Tuđmana do današnje moderne prezidencijalizirane stranke desnog centra. U ovom radu se analizira transformacija HDZ-a kroz tri elementa: organizacijski ustroj stranke, svjetonazor stranke te značaj liderskih karakteristika i karizme stranačkih vođa. Organizacijski i svjetonazorski aspekti su standardni elementi analize prilikom obrazlaganja transformacije političkih stranaka, dok je element liderskih karakteristika i karizme uveden zbog specifičnosti HDZ-a u kojem je došlo do rutinizacije Tuđmanove karizme u organizacijskoj strukturi same stranke. Prvi dio rada se odnosi na kratak pregled nastanka i razvoja HDZ-a, zatim se analizira era Tuđmanove vladavine, a u posljednjem dijelu rada se analiziraju mandati svih predsjednika stranke nakon Tuđmana. Analiza je pokazala kako je u organizacijskom smislu HDZ od nastanka do danas zadržao izuzetno snažnu unutarstranačku organizaciju koju obilježava snažna stranka na terenu s neupitnom ulogom predsjednika stranke. Period nakon 2000. obilježava modernizacija i prezidencijalizacija stranke uz nastojanje da se stranka u catch-all maniri približi što većem broju birača. U svjetonazorskom smislu, do 2000. HDZ se podudarao sa svjetonazorima Franje Tuđmana, no nakon njegove smrti započinje postupno pomicanje stranke prema političkom centru koje je počelo s Ivom Sanaderom, a nastavljeno je u vrijeme Jadranke Kosor i Andreja Plenkovića. Ta fazna transformacija je imala i svojevrsni protuval u periodu između 2012. i 2016. kada je dužnost predsjednika obnašao Tomislav Karamarko i kada stranka zaoštrava svoju retoriku te se odmiče od umjerenih i centrističkih politika prijašnjih predsjednika.

Abstract (english)

Since its establishment in 1989 Croatian Democratic Union (CDU) has continuously transformed itself. It has also stood the test of time as it developed from the national movement with a sole purpose of realizing Croatian independence to the clientelistic party with a strong leader in Franjo Tuđman in the 90’s to today’s modern presidentialised right-centre party. In this thesis CDU’s transformation is analysed through three elements: party organisation, party ideology and the importance of leadership characteristics and charisma of party presidents. Organisational and ideological aspects are standard elements of the party transformation analyses, while the element of leadership characteristics and charisma of party leaders was introduced because of the specificity of CDU that regards the routinisation of Tuđman’s charisma in the organisational structure of the party itself. In the first part of the thesis a brief historical summary of CDU is provided, and then starts the analysis of the Tuđman era. In the last part of the thesis the focus is on the analysis of presidential terms of all the party’s leaders since 2000. The analysis showed that in organisational sense CDU is marked with an extremely powerful and organised inner party organisation that has a powerful party on the ground with an unquestionable role of the party president. The period post 2000 is characterised by the modernisation and presidentialization of the party with a clear tendency to present itself favourably to the majority of voters in a catch-all manner. In an ideological sense, in the 1990s CDU’s ideology mirrored the ideology of Franjo Tuđman. However, after his death CDU has started to slowly move itself towards the political centre – a process that started with Ivo Sanader and continued in the times of Jadranka Kosor and Andrej Plenković. That somewhat phased transformation had a so-called anti-wave between 2012 and 2016 during the presidency of Tomislav Karamarko when the party radicalised its rhetoric and moved itself from the moderate and centrist policies characteristic of previous party presidents.

• Keywords: HDZ; transformacija političke stranke; prezidencijalizacija; unutarstranačka organizacija; svjetonazor; karizma
• Keywords (english): CDU; transformation of political parties; presidentialization; inner party organisation; ideology; charisma
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:114:724356
• Study programme: Title: Political Science; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra politologije (magistar/magistra politologije)
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• Created on: 2022-01-26 10:03:32