Croatian Political Developments and the Sarajevo Assassination Cover Image

Temeljne promjene u hrvatskoj politici uoči Sarajevskog atentata
Croatian Political Developments and the Sarajevo Assassination

Author(s): Stjepan Matković
Subject(s): Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Историјски институт Црне Горe
Keywords: Croatian politics; Yugoslavism; Austro-Hungarian empire; Sarajevo assasination

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the development of Croatian politics ahead of the Sarajevo assassination and the outbreak of the First World War. The focus of attention is the question of a national issue whose interpretation of 1903 is gaining new significance due to the acute crisis of dualism,change of government in the Kingdom of Serbia, and the increasingly prominent activity of the heir, Duke Franz Ferdinand. On the basis of the analysis of parliamentary party programs and the activities of relevant political groups,unilateral dissatisfaction with the Croatian position in Austria-Hungary is noticed, and in the context of the state relations with Hungary, it stands out as an overwhelming problem of achieving Croatian financial autonomy.After the implementation of the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the approach to the national issue is tightened, and from then on, a considerable number of political actors have seen its solution only in affirmation of the principle of national unity in the integral area of the southern Slavs.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 33-48
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Croatian
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