A Country by Any Other Name: Transition and Stability in Croatia and Yugoslavia
A Country by Any Other Name: Transition and Stability in Croatia and Yugoslavia
Author(s): Vesna PusićSubject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), History of Communism, Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Croatia; Yugoslavia; Communist Party of Yugoslavia; disintegration of Yugoslavia; successor states; democracy; transition; the first multiparty elections;
Summary/Abstract: Just before the multiparty elections in the republics of what was then Yugoslavia, there seemed to be a consensus that the regime had exhausted all its potentials. From the point of view of Croatia it looked not only dysfunctional, but also a weak and listless adversary. The regime for Croatia operated on two levels; one through the leadership of the League of Communists of Croatia (SKH), and the other through the leadership of the Communist party of the Yugoslav Federation. The differences between the various republican Communist parties in the Federation were more fundamental and apparent than between most rival political parties in western democracies. The Serbian and Slovene Communist parties were poles apart in their views. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 06/1992
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 242-259
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English
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