Next Steps in Croatia's Transition Process: Problems and Possibilities

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Srđan Dvornik, Christophe Solioz
Nomos, 2007 - 157 pages
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In 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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Srđan Vrcan ' Contemporary Controversies about Civil Society 1. Introduction 1.1 . ' Civil society ' - a confusing term It is no major achievement to point to the fact that discussions about civil society , which begin with invoking ...
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This has been prominently noted in the description of the basic characteristics of civil society elaborated by Pavlović . Civil society is thus imagined as a social field characterised by a consistent horizontality of social actors ...
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Civil society is now being contemplated as a supplement , corrective or alternative to the gaps and limitations of democracy , conditioned by the neoliberal strategy that is in effect today . Among others , it is currently manifest in ...

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Contents
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The Paradigm Shift in the Transitional Conception
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Contemporary Controversies about Civil Society
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Copyright

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TitleNext Steps in Croatia's Transition Process: Problems and Possibilities
Volume 184 of Democracy, security, peace
Volume 184 of Demokratie, Sicherheit, Frieden
EditorsSrđan Dvornik, Christophe Solioz
PublisherNomos, 2007
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized16 Jul 2008
ISBN3832927190, 9783832927196
Length157 pages
  
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