1st Edition
Regional Development In Communist Yugoslavia Success, Failure, And Consequences
By Dijana Plestina
Copyright 1993
223 Pages
by
Routledge
223 Pages
by
Routledge
223 Pages
by
Routledge
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The brutal war now raging in what was Yugoslavia, the author argues, is fueled not merely by interethnic hatred but also by longstanding disparities in economic well-being among republics and regions. The Communist leadership, having stated its intention when it took power to eliminate economic disparities, nonetheless failed to confront the conflict of interests that distorted the country's... Read more
Introduction -- Historical Antecedents of Regional Inequality -- 1950s: Centralization and the First Steps to Development -- 1960s: Decentralization and Reform -- 1970s: Institutional Change and the Price of Reform -- 1980s: From Decline to Disintegration -- Explanations Revisited: Summary and Conclusion -- A Note on Methods -- Formal Interview Questions -- Names and Positions of Interviewed Yugoslav Decision-Makers for Regional Development, by Republic or Region
Biography
Dijana Pleština is assistant professor of political science at the College of Wooster.
