First, the problems existing in the ideological and political work of democratic parties.
(A) loose organizational structure, lack of full-time cadres. Take Chengmai County of Hainan Province as an example. Except for Chengmai County Committee in Democratic Progressive Party, all eight democratic parties have two full-time cadres, while none of the other parties have full-time cadres. The situation of democratic party organizations in other cities and counties is similar to that in Chengmai County, and there are few organizations equipped with full-time cadres. Even if some democratic parties are equipped with full-time cadres, due to too few personnel, full-time cadres have several jobs and their tasks are extremely heavy, which leads to loose organization and management of democratic parties and lax management of member organizations. Therefore, carrying out ideological and political work from the organizational structure level has limited effect.
(2) The activity funds are limited. Although the funds for activities of democratic parties have increased, they still cannot meet the needs of grassroots organizations of democratic parties to carry out activities. Take Chengmai County Committee of Democratic Progressive Party as an example. Chengmai Democratic Progressive Party has 92 people in party member, including 2 full-time cadres and 1 office. In 20 12, the financial allocation was only 70,000 yuan, including not only the usual office expenses, but also the social service expenses, participation in and discussion of state affairs, membership activities and so on. It can be said that the fund of 70,000 yuan is just a car cup salary, which is simply not enough to bear the excessive activity expenses of members. No matter how capable a "clever woman" is, it is also a cook without rice. Therefore, democratic parties rarely convene their members to carry out ideological and political education, and the scale cannot be very large.
(3) Members of democratic parties are scattered. Take Chengmai County Committee of Democratic Progressive Party as an example. Except for two full-time cadres, most of the 92 members of the county are teachers from various schools, enterprises and institutions and government departments. In this decentralized situation, it is often difficult to gather people and concentrate on ideological and political work for members.
(4) Part-time key members. Taking Chengmai County Committee of Democratic Progressive Party as an example, 13 members of the county Committee, except 1 full-time vice chairman, are all part-time; All members of the leadership team of the branch also work part-time. 65,438+0,000% of the leading bodies of other democratic parties in Chengmai work part-time, and the members of the leading bodies and backbone members of democratic parties are basically the business backbone of their own units. Objectively, there is a contradiction between one's own work and party work, and it is difficult to guarantee time and energy.
(5) Lack of ideological understanding and motivation. In grass-roots organizations, some leading cadres of democratic parties do not fully understand the status and role of ideological and political work, ignore ideological construction, and think that ideological and political work is intangible and irrelevant. There is a phenomenon of "speaking is important, doing is secondary, and being busy is unnecessary". The ideological and political work has basically adopted a coping attitude, which has led to the ideological and political work not being placed in its due position. Education is often carried out only when there is a problem, and it is often "treating the headache and treating the foot pain", which lacks systematicness and comprehensiveness.
(6) The system is imperfect and difficult to implement. At present, the ideological and political work system of grassroots democratic parties is weak, the standardization work is not done enough, and there are no rules to follow in the work. Even if the relevant system is formulated, it is in name only, and its implementation is still unsatisfactory, and it has not been carried out seriously and solidly. Especially in grass-roots organizations, everyone is part-time, so it is not easy to get together to carry out political study. Over time, ideological and political work is neglected, lazy and out of control.
(seven) the enthusiasm of the majority of members to participate is not high. Because the ideological and political work of democratic parties is not closely related to reality, it is not attractive enough, or its working methods are not enough, and its appeal is not enough. Only a few key members with high political literacy and strong ability to participate in and discuss state affairs can really play their role. Most party member's participation in the Party's activities is passive and random, and some party member even dissociates from the organization, lacking an effective carrier for ideological and political education, and the Party's activities are limited to a few party member.
Second, the causes of problems in the ideological and political work of democratic parties
Although there are objective reasons for the problems in the ideological and political work of democratic parties, such as loose organizational structure, limited activity funds and scattered party member, we cannot overemphasize the objective reasons, and the ideological and political work of democratic parties has not been effectively carried out. We believe that the main reason is the subjective reason for the self-construction of democratic parties. Mainly reflected in:
(A) there are deviations in understanding and insufficient attention. Leaders of grass-roots organizations of democratic parties do not know how to do a good job in ideological and political construction, and have no ideas, plans or measures for ideological and political work. Often, the lack of funds, scattered personnel and difficult work are used as excuses, which leads to the ideological and political work basically adopting a coping attitude. Often, leaders will do it if assigned, and they will not do it if they are not assigned; I will do whatever the leader says, and I won't even think about it myself, let alone innovate.
(2) Lack of working methods. With the market economy becoming more and more important in people's minds, ideological and political work is just an ornament and an empty shelf in many departments and people. The vacuum of working methods, superficial working knowledge and indifferent working attitude have led many cadres engaged in ideological and political work not to do it, some have to do it, and lack effective working methods. In addition, the lack of funds for activities makes it impossible to carry out various forms of activities, which is also an important reason that affects the effect of ideological education. There is indeed a phenomenon of "five more and five less" in the working methods and means of ideological and political work: that is, there are more slogans and less practical work; There are many forms and few achievements; More surfaces and less depth; Indoctrinate more and communicate less; There are many traditions and few innovations.
(3) The system is not perfect. At present, in grass-roots organizations, the party's system construction is a weak link, and the ideological and political work system is even more ineffective. There are too many superficial "articles" to be standardized, and there are no rules to follow in work. Some systems are imperfect and difficult to implement. Therefore, ideological and political work can only stay in the form, in fact, ideological and political work has been largely abandoned.
Third, the countermeasures to solve the problems in the ideological and political work of democratic parties.
(1) Strengthening the ideological and political work of democratic parties should be based on unifying thoughts and raising awareness. On the one hand, we should fully understand the importance of ideological and political work. Ideological and political construction is the central link, primary task and basic project of democratic parties' self-construction. Strengthening and improving ideological and political work is of great significance for democratic parties to better perform their functions as participating parties and complete their historical missions in the new historical period. Therefore, all democratic parties should pay full attention to ideological and political work, understand its importance from the strategic height of the success or failure of the socialist cause, its inevitability from the strategic significance of the development prospects of democratic parties, and its necessity from the overall situation of the success or failure of reform and opening up. On the other hand, strengthening ideological and political work has been put on the important agenda. Organizations at all levels of the democratic parties, especially leading cadres, should raise their awareness of the importance of strengthening ideological and political work in party member and regard it as an important task. We should take the lead in going deep into the vast number of league members, seriously investigate and study, keep abreast of the situation, grasp the ideological trends, strengthen education and guidance, strive to do small things in primary schools, plan ahead, and grasp the initiative in ideological and political work.
(2) Strengthening the ideological and political work of democratic parties depends on system construction. Without rules, there would be no Fiona Fang. Strengthening the ideological and political work of democratic parties depends on system construction. It is necessary to establish and improve various working mechanisms as the guarantee of ideological and political work, so that ideological and political work is targeted, rule-based and evidence-based. The democratic parties should learn from the experience and methods of the * * * production party in China to carry out ideological and political work, establish and improve the system suitable for the democratic parties to carry out ideological and political work and the internal supervision and restriction mechanism of the democratic parties.
1. Do a good job in ideological construction planning. Determine the goals and tasks of ideological construction in a period of time, so that all the work of ideological construction can be carried out in an orderly manner.
2. Improve the training system. Improve the training system for leading cadres, the backbone of democratic parties and the new party member, and further standardize and institutionalize the training work.
3. Establish a situation and policy education system. Regularly hold reports on situation and policy education and national conditions education to maintain the correctness of political direction.
4. Form an ideological analysis system. In order to enhance the initiative and pertinence of ideological and political work, we often make an in-depth investigation and analysis of party member's ideological situation.
(3) Strengthening the ideological and political work of democratic parties requires the support of the backbone. There is a theory in management that in any organization, 20% people play 80% role. This theory actually emphasizes the role of key members. Due to the particularity of democratic party organizations, this phenomenon is more prominent. Therefore, to carry out ideological and political work, democratic parties should rely on the backbone, take individuals as the driving force and others as the driving force. We should pay attention to carrying forward the typical figures and deeds in ideological and political work, strengthen publicity and create a good atmosphere for ideological and political work. Only in this way can we build an excellent ideological and political work team and ensure that ideological and political work is carried out in an orderly manner and achieved results.
(4) To strengthen the ideological and political work of democratic parties, we should take organizational activities as the carrier to increase the "attraction" and "appeal" of organizational activities. The ideological and political work of democratic parties depends on the cohesion and centripetal force of all members. To do this work well, we must constantly explore new methods and new ways to carry out ideological and political work, attract people with colorful and lively forms, and make them easy to accept and willing to accept. Through various activities, we should enhance party member's sense of integration and responsibility, and strengthen our understanding and understanding of the democratic parties. Taking Chengmai County Committee of Democratic Progressive Party as an example, the ideological and political work is not carried out by simple preaching, but by activities. On some major festivals, such as New Year's Day, Spring Festival, Women's Day on March 8th, Youth Day on May 4th, Mid-Autumn Festival, etc. Hold festivals or competitions at any time, or usually organize members of branch units to go out to play and increase their knowledge. Do party member's ideological and political work through entertaining, integrate ideological and political work into organizational life, adhere to the people-oriented concept, and make people willing to accept it. On the whole, the effect is remarkable. Specifically, it is necessary to organize a life with distinctive themes and rich forms, integrate ideological and political work into specific activities, help league members improve their ideological understanding and deepen theme education in various ways, and always adhere to the correct political direction.
(5) To strengthen the ideological and political work of democratic parties, we should take organs as the hub and give full play to the role of full-time cadres. The organs of democratic parties are the windows and hubs of democratic parties' work, and how to play their roles greatly affects the effectiveness of ideological and political work of democratic parties. Because the members of the democratic parties are scattered in all walks of life, especially the backbone members are mostly the business backbones of their units, their work tasks are heavy and their time and energy are limited, so it is difficult to devote themselves wholeheartedly to the work of the democratic parties. Therefore, more work mainly depends on the full-time cadres of the organs. Only when full-time cadres are pragmatic and active can the ideological and political work of democratic parties be carried out for a long time and the effectiveness of ideological and political work be guaranteed.
(VI) To strengthen the ideological and political work of democratic parties, we should adhere to the people-oriented principle, combine ideological and political work with helping party member develop and solve practical difficulties, and enhance the effectiveness of ideological and political work. To do a good job in the ideological and political work of democratic parties, we should establish the people-oriented concept, go deep into party member's ideological reality and work life reality, earnestly respect, understand and care for people, do more work to win, warm and stabilize people's hearts, and combine enthusiastic service with guiding education to enhance the effectiveness of ideological and political work. For example, the Chengmai County Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party is very concerned about the progress and growth of party member, and adopts the method of organization recommendation as far as possible, so that some backbones have taken up leadership positions; After members are seriously ill, mobilize all members to donate money to help them tide over the difficulties. Through these ways and means, the effectiveness of ideological and political work can be enhanced.