NAPREDAK BEZ APLAUZA
PROGRESS WITHOUT APPLAUSE. ON THE LIMITS OF TRUST IN THE MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT IN THREE CROATIAN CITIES

Summary/Abstract: In this paper the authors analyse the models of development in three Croatian cities (Rijeka, Sisak, Zagreb) comparing the data gathered in three related polls conducted in the period from 1996 to 2000 for the purpose of urban development plans. The three cities, regardless of structural similarities (economic framework dependent on the industrial sector; important role of transport; considerable share of immigrated population) differ in size, but also in status/role in the Croatian network of cities. The data presented describe contemporary Croatian urbanisation with a lack of desirable developmental effects. However, for most examinees being-in-the-city is considered one of life's achievements, even if the smallest, thus making the relation between the centre and periphery in Croatian society, according to these data as well, consistent with the division to urban/unurban area. The examinees continue to assess that multiple possibilities at their daily disposal in their cities are not guaranteed in other cities. This finding confirms the thesis of the new parochialism based on social capital reinforced by interpersonal and communication networks. In the conclusion the authors opt for modernisation based on a polycentric network of settlements – as opposed to the limited monopoly of the city.

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