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Central-local relations in the Republic of Croatia

The aim of the paper is to analyze the development of local and regional governance in Croatia. Three main phases of local government development are identified: the phase of institutional inertia (1990-1993), the re-centralization phase (1993-2000) and the phase of modernizing local and regional government (2000-2013) and described. The emphasis is put on content of respective legislation, programs, strategies, and documents that preceded key normative changes in order to understand changes of central-local relations in broader social, economic and political context.

central-local relations; development of local self-government in the Republic of Croatia; decentralization

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