Next Steps in Croatia's Transition Process: Problems and PossibilitiesIn this study, leading policy-oriented scholars and practitioners from the cities of Zagreb and Split in Croatia draw on years of experience to critically assess the transition process in post-independence Croatia. With wide-ranging contributions, the book analyzes how the interpretation of national sovereignty has evolved in this post-communist transition. It also investigates the prospects for civil-social engagement in a future without civil society, and discusses the pervasive effects of external assistance as well as the considerable challenges Croatia's economy faces. Above all, the book notes the need for changes in the mindset of entrepreneurs and society in general. Arguing for a more nuanced understanding of Croatia, and considering the "ownership" of initiatives as a key to their success, the book offers insights into the problems emerging at this juncture. |
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... theoretical tradition , it is particularly clearly shown in Austin , who commences his argument with the basic impossibility of the sovereign being tied by law ( “ The highest power limited by law is mere contradiction in terms .
... theoretical tradition , it is particularly clearly shown in Austin , who commences his argument with the basic impossibility of the sovereign being tied by law ( “ The highest power limited by law is mere contradiction in terms .
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To illustrate such a basic position , it is enough to mention that Brubaker warns of the historical fact that German nationalism found its appropriate refuge and resort precisely in those associations of citizens that had belonged to ...
To illustrate such a basic position , it is enough to mention that Brubaker warns of the historical fact that German nationalism found its appropriate refuge and resort precisely in those associations of citizens that had belonged to ...
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That is why civil society , which is by basic definition an autonomous mode of action , not only in private activities , but precisely in relation to the whole of society , has to proceed with the decisive support of external aid ...
That is why civil society , which is by basic definition an autonomous mode of action , not only in private activities , but precisely in relation to the whole of society , has to proceed with the decisive support of external aid ...
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Contents
Contents | 7 |
The Paradigm Shift in the Transitional Conception | 19 |
Contemporary Controversies about Civil Society | 33 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Next Steps in Croatia's Transition Process: Problems and Possibilities Volume 184 of Democracy, security, peace Volume 184 of Demokratie, Sicherheit, Frieden |
| Editors | Srđan Dvornik, Christophe Solioz |
| Publisher | Nomos, 2007 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 16 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 3832927190, 9783832927196 |
| Length | 157 pages |
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