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Features of Croatian Public Policies

This chapter belongs to cross-sectoral studies of public policies, with Croatia as case example. Being one of the first work of this kind focused on Croatia, the purpose of the paper is exploratory – to give initial description of main similarities and differences between Croatian public policies. Chapter develops a qualitative analysis of policy studies of different Croatian sectors to capture some general characteristics of policy- making. As theoretical framework taxonomy of European public policies, concepts of policy accounts and policy design are used. A sample of policies belonging to different policy areas present in European countries was analysed by principles of qualitative content analysis. Chapter brings a thick description of overall major features of Croatian public policies followed by comparative cross- sectoral analysis.

cross-sectoral comparison ; qualitative content analysis ; policy taxonomy ; policy accounts ; policy design

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