Demokracija i nacionalna država
Democracy and the Nation State

Summary/Abstract: In analyses of the dissolution of the communist totalitarian system produced by political scientists it is the pessimistic forecasts that prevail concerning the victory of democracy in Eastern, Central, and South-Eastern Europe, including Croatia. Many believe that the root of all these threats to democracy can be found in »nationalism«. In contrast to this post-communist »ethno-nationalism« fatal to democracy, the Western Europe of Maastricht is taking the path to »etatistic nationalism«. The discussion on whether post-cornmunist ethnic nationalism is essentially incompatible or compatible with the West European post-national democratic ideal encounters many misunderstandings on both sides.

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