Vojvodina and the Constitution of 1974 – From the Provincial Autonomy to the Constitutional Element of the Yugoslav Federation Cover Image

Војводина и Устав из 1974. године: од аутономије унутар Републике Србије до конституенса југословенске федерације
Vojvodina and the Constitution of 1974 – From the Provincial Autonomy to the Constitutional Element of the Yugoslav Federation

Author(s): Slobodan Bjelica
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Political history, Politics and law, Politics and society, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Матица српска
Keywords: Аutonomy; Constitution; Serbia; Vojvodina

Summary/Abstract: In Yugoslavia, in the late 1960s, there were marked constitutional reforms in the internal plan, the goal of which was to establish new relations between the republics and the federal state and, in particular, between the autonomous provinces and the Republic of Serbia. Just as the reforms of the federal constitution took place as a sign of a conflict between two concepts (which were personified by Edvard Kardelj and Aleksandar Ranković), so did the future status of the AP (Autonomous Province) of Vojvodina provoke the expert polemics of the prominent officials. History of Yugoslavia in the second half of the 1960s, after the initiation of economic reforms and Brioni Plenary Session, is characterized by the reform attempts, which affected the federalist character of the state and led towards the decentralization of the ruling party. Revision of the federal Constitution followed, and the result was the famous Constitution of 1974. According to the so far unpublished archive documentation as well as the participants’ memoires, we present to the professional audience events that have remained hidden from the public eye for 40 years.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 153
  • Page Range: 725-738
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Serbian