Next Steps in Croatia's Transition Process: Problems and PossibilitiesSrđan Dvornik, Christophe Solioz Nomos, 2007 - 157 pages 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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... question whether for such donors these associations served essentially a one - off purpose . Of course , this opens up a series of new questions . The first such ques- tion is , can it be realistically expected that this region has ...
... question whether for such donors these associations served essentially a one - off purpose . Of course , this opens up a series of new questions . The first such ques- tion is , can it be realistically expected that this region has ...
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... question is : will the matrix of social development take the path of making social life objectively more complex in these regions , or is its simplification and ho- mogenisation a more likely outcome ? These and similar questions can be ...
... question is : will the matrix of social development take the path of making social life objectively more complex in these regions , or is its simplification and ho- mogenisation a more likely outcome ? These and similar questions can be ...
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... question really is how to set up the state as a limited power if the society does not have an autonomous , pluralist counter - power ; and the still unresolved question of whether this ' state ' ever left behind the basis on which it ...
... question really is how to set up the state as a limited power if the society does not have an autonomous , pluralist counter - power ; and the still unresolved question of whether this ' state ' ever left behind the basis on which it ...
Contents
Contents | 9 |
The Paradigm Shift in the Transitional Conception | 17 |
Sovereignty in the context of Yugoslavia | 26 |
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