Croatia: Between Europe and the Balkans

by Bartlett; William

• ISBN13: 9780415274326
• ISBN10: 041527432X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This work provides an in-depth study of the creation and development of Croatia as an independent state along with a discussion of recent changes and future prospects. It integrates economic and political change alongside an analysis of the international and global relations which have influenced Croatia's development.

Author Biography

William Bartlett is Reader in Social Economics at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, and Deputy Director of the Centre for Mediterranean Studies.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
List of abbreviations	xi
Chronology	xiii
Map of Croatia	xv
Introduction	1	(6)
History	7	(26)
Croatia within the kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	14	(4)
The kingdom of Yugoslavia and the autonomous Banovina of Croatia	18	(2)
Partisans, Ustashes and Chetniks: the Second World War in Croatia	20	(4)
The Socialist Republic of Croatia	24	(5)
Rebellion: the Croatian Spring of 1971	29	(4)
Transition to democracy	33	(30)
The HDZ government of 1990	36	(2)
The declaration of independence and Croatia's `Homeland War'	38	(3)
The 1992 elections	41	(5)
Operation Storm and the 1995 elections	46	(3)
The development of authoritarian government	49	(2)
The media	51	(3)
The intelligence services	54	(1)
The return of the Left in the 2000 elections	55	(8)
International relations	63	(24)
The Balkan orientation of Croatian foreign policy	66	(6)
Croatia and the European Union	72	(4)
Relations with the US	76	(2)
Croatia and the ICTY	78	(4)
The coalition government and the rapprochement with the West	82	(5)
Economic policies	87	(34)
Key problems	87	(1)
War damage	88	(1)
Recession	89	(2)
Economic policies of the HDZ-coalition government 1991--2	91	(4)
Post-war policies 1993--5	95	(5)
The post-Dayton boom	100	(9)
The economic crisis of 1998--9 and the fall of the HDZ	109	(9)
Economic policies of the coalition government 2000--2	118	(3)
Social welfare	121	(26)
The rising burden of public expenditure	122	(3)
Poverty, income inequality and income support	125	(3)
Pensions and pension reform	128	(4)
Health	132	(4)
Education	136	(3)
Housing	139	(2)
Refugee return and the problem of social exclusion	141	(6)
Conclusion: Croatian society in the twenty-first century	147	(6)
Notes	153	(14)
Bibliography	167	(6)
Index	173