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Autor:
Krysieniel, Krzysztof
Źródło: Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. 72, Studia Politologica 4 (2010), s. [31]-41
Język: pl
Data: 2010
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Dokument cyfrowy wytworzony, opracowany, opublikowany oraz finansowany w ramach programu "Społeczna Odpowiedzialność Nauki" - modułu "Wsparcie dla bibliotek naukowych" przez Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego w projekcie nr rej. SONB/SP/465103/2020 pt. "Organizacja kolekcji czasopism naukowych w Repozytorium UP wraz z wykonaniem rekordów analitycznych".Streszczenie
Ever since gaining independence in 1991, Croatian regional self-government has undergone
immense transformation. For the entire decade, self-government was strongly marginalized
due to the centralized policy of the then-functioning government. Its importance grew only in
the beginning of the 21st century, when the change occurred at the top levels of government.
Since 2001, the process of decentralization in Croatia has been most visible in gradually
handing more and more responsibilities and tasks over, in accordance with the principle of
subsidiarity, found in the Croatian constitution, to both units of self-government, that is, to
the local authority (composed of 400 communes and over 120 cities) and to the regional
authority (20 counties called županija). The capital city of Zagreb has special status. As such,
Zagreb performs self-governing public affairs functions of both a city and a county.
The introduction of changes to legislation in 2007, that is implementation of direct and
universal elections to self-government executive bodies, did not bring an end to, but was
a part of the process of change of the Croatian self-government. Not all plans have been fulfilled
during the few years of fast development, due to unwillingness of some central authorities to
hand over more powers to regional and local governments. Also, the fairly small population
and economic potential of communes and counties may cause some difficulties, since they
are too many and minute to play an important role in discussions about the future of Croatian
self-government.