Privredni razvoj Vukovara: historijsko-komparativna studija
Economic development of Vukovar: historical and comparative study

Summary/Abstract: Article analyzes the development of Vukovar in four socio-political formations: Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Republic of Croatia. Research material about Vukovar's economic history showed us that recent and relatively widespread interpretation that Vukovar developed the most in the Monarchy, conflicts with the reality. Second, it clearly shows a significant level of manipulation both in research and in presenting the facts. The article states that absence of planning and no coordination of Vukovar region within the wider social-development strategy whatsoever, were crucial, taken in economic terms, for its stagnation and further growth of the underdevelopment. Vukovar will not be able to overcome its poor development rate with relying mainly on European funds and Government donations and neither by advocating small entrepreneurship and direct foreign investment policy. Main reason for this is that the Croatian economy is at the periphery of eurocapitalism and as such it simply cannot produce the same results as core countries and their economic policies. Economic development of Vukovar requires the establishment of planning at the highest level of Croatian politics. In this context, it is necessary to realize that the political assumptions of the economic model are actually wrong and that the insisting on them leads to even greater stagnation than in the past.

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