Konflikti i usuglašavanje interesa u federalnim sistemima
Conflicts and the Adjustment of Interests in Federal Systems

Summary/Abstract: Power and interests are linked in a specific manner in federal systems. The history of federal systems bears evidence of association in order to assert certain interests and enhance the power of the members of the association. Federal systems are increasingly viewed today as forms of structural dispersion or decentralisation of authority and power. In either case, new interests arise, defined in territorial terms. The author concentrates on the type of territorial-political federal systems characterized by the dispersion of power and authority on the territorial principle. The problem of interest mediation and adjustment in such federal systems is illustrated by the example of Yugoslavia. In the author’s opinion, the main difficulties specific to contemporary Yugoslav federalism are: the lack of means and possibilities for the central state to implement the adopted decision«; the absence of institutional forms and channels for functional interest-based linkage; the dominance of politics over economics, which is one of the chief determinants shaping the character of the federal and political system.

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