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Regional Policy and the Various Statuses of Local Units in Croatia

The position of numerous local units in Croatia that are lagging behind in their development or are geographically specific (e. g. islands, hilly and mountain areas) is summarized and explained through the analysis of general and special legislation and statistical data. More tha 50 percent of Croatian local self-government units have such a status. Four groups of special authorities are analyzed. There are teh Areas of Special State Concern, the Hilly and Mountain Areas, Islands and the Town of Vukovar. Each of them is regulated by a special law that grants some additional rights to local units, their residents, and legal entities registered on their territory. The paper analyzed whether these special regional policy measures could lead to granting a special status to these units. The reasons behind this policy and its objectives are analyzed. It is stated that the special status of these units is mainly stipulated due to developmental and redistributive reasons.

regional policy; local self-government; local units; special status; Croatia; assisted areas

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