PRILOG PROUČAVANJU PRIVREDNIH I DEMOGRAFSKIH KRETANJA NA BIHAĆKOM PODRUČJU OD 1948. DO 1961. GODINE
A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IN THE BIHAĆ REGION FROM 1948 TO 1961

Summary/Abstract: Economic activity in the region of Bihać in the period from 1948 to 1961 led to numerous changes in the structural characteristics of the local society, thus changing the social status of a great portion of its population. The number of workers grew at the expense of rural population. Such a development brought about a relatively strong wave of migration to this part of the country.The beginning of industrialisation was linked to the introduction of the idea of workers’ self-government. However, to the extent in which the very beginning of industrialisation is not related to the establishment of a new economic system, the end of the “first wave” definitely was closely linked to it. Namely, the year marked by the greatest migration to the region of Bihać due to its economic development, brought about great distortions in the Yugoslav economy as the whole. In 1960, the growth rate of industrial production was 4,1%, while the planned growth was 15,6%, which represents a huge failure. This opened up the way for economic reforms in 1961, and consequently to a slowdown of development, and even to stagnation in the 1960s. Logically and expectedly, these trends did not bypass the region of Bihać.

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