Internasjonalt har kjønnskvotering
igjen blitt gjenstand for stor oppmerksomhet. Mens kvotering i politikken
har spredd seg globalt, er kvotering i næringslivet en i utgangspunktet
norsk reform, men også den er nå inne i en spredningsbølge. Denne artikkelen
beskriver og drøfter den nye kvoteringsloven. Og hovedspørsmålet
er om, og i tilfellet på hvilke måter, loven utfordrer en norsk
likestillingspolitisk tradisjon for ikke-innblanding overfor næringslivet.
Quota tradition and expansion of
state control
Gender quotas are currently the object of renewed global attention.
In Norway, the establishment of quota measures reached its peak
in the 1980s, with internal quota procedures being introduced by
several political parties, quota measures introduced to legally
regulate the gender composition of publicly appointed decision-making
bodies, and positive action procedures introduced in employment
(mostly public sector) to promote gender balance and in different fields
of education to balance admission. This article describes and discusses
aspects of the new, Norwegian quota law which regulates the gender
composition of boards governing key sectors of Norwegian economic
life. Its core question is how and to what extent the law challenges
the Norwegian gender equality political tradition of non-involvement
with the affairs of business and commerce. This implies a discussion
of the movements in the interface between politics and economy.