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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This deviates from the traditional understanding , which considers sovereignty to be an essentially internal affair of the state , while its external component is dependent merely on pure power relations . This is particularly clear ...
This deviates from the traditional understanding , which considers sovereignty to be an essentially internal affair of the state , while its external component is dependent merely on pure power relations . This is particularly clear ...
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Even in an absolutely reduced understanding , which holds sovereignty to be nothing more than the capacity of a state “ to protect its functional and hegemonic powers from external or internal meddling " , the problem remains open ...
Even in an absolutely reduced understanding , which holds sovereignty to be nothing more than the capacity of a state “ to protect its functional and hegemonic powers from external or internal meddling " , the problem remains open ...
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Anderson argues that , in order to minimise the harmful effects of external interventions and begin to produce more positive effects , three steps are necessary : an improved understanding of context ; a clearer identification of ...
Anderson argues that , in order to minimise the harmful effects of external interventions and begin to produce more positive effects , three steps are necessary : an improved understanding of context ; a clearer identification of ...
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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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