Policy-Making at the European Periphery

The Case of Croatia
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-08814-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 342 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 466 g

Reihe: New Perspectives on South-East Europe

This book examines Croatia's economic and political transformation over the last 30 years. It brings together the best political scientists, macroeconomists and public finance experts from Croatia to provide an in-depth analysis of the Croatian policy-making context and the impact of Europeanization upon its domestic institutional framework. The second part of the book scrutinizes the political economy context and Croatia's long-term  macroeconomic under-performance, especially in comparison to other transition economies. The final part explores sectoral public policies, including cohesion policy, education, health, pensions, and local government. The book offers a unique blend of Croatia's political economy framework  and public policy analysis.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kotarski, Kristijan

Petak, Zdravko

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTIONChapter 1: Croatia’s post-communist transition experience: the paradox of initial advantage turning into a middle-income trap Zdravko Petak and Kristijan Kotarski
FIRST PART: POLICY-MAKING PROCESS IN THE NEWEST EU MEMBER STATE Chapter 2: Policy-making context and challenges of governance in Croatia Zdravko Petak
Chapter 3: The Europeization of Croatian Political SystemHrvoje Špehar and Ivan Pepic Chapter 4: Political attention of Croatian governments  1990-2015Daniela Širinic  Chapter 5: Interest groups in the policy making process in CroatiaIgor Vidacak and Kristijan Kotarski
Chapter 6: Political economy of corruption, clientelism and vote-buying in Croatian local governmentVuk Vukovic
SECOND PART: CROATIAN POLITICAL ECONOMY Chapter 7: Long-term trends in Croatian GDP growth 
Anita Ceh Casni, Petra Palic and Maruška Vizek
Chapter 8: Monetary policy in a highly euroized economyKristijan Kotarski and Marina Tkalec
Chapter 9: Fiscal policy and European Semester in Croatia: why should we focus on public debt? Hrvoje Šimovic and Milan Deskar-Škrbic
Chapter 10: Banking regulation in Croatia: qualitative and quantitative assessment Milan Deskar Škrbic, Kristijan Kotarski and Luka Brkic
Chapter 11: Competitiveness of Croatian economy: the comparison of private and public sector enterprisesVelimir Šonje
THIRD PART: SECTORAL PUBLIC POLICIESChapter 12: Croatian pension system and challenges of pension policy
Predrag Bejakovic
Chapter 13: Health policy in Croatia: a case of free fallingDagmar Radin Chapter 14: Education policy in CroatiaTihomir Žiljak and Nikola Baketa Chapter 15: Cohesion policy in Croatia: what have we accomplished so far?Sanja Malekovic, Jakša Puljiz and Ivana Keser    
Chapter 16: Features of Croatian public policies Ana Petek CONCLUSIONChapter 17: Quo vadis Croatia? The interplay of institutions, interests and ideasZdravko Petak and Kristijan Kotarski

Über Autor(innen)

Zdravko Petak is Professor of Political Science at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. His research interests are public policy analysis, comparative public policy, European public policy, local politics and political finance. He was president of the Croatian Political Science Association (1999-2002) and editor-in-chief of The Annals of Croatian Political Science Review (2004-2013).  Kristijan Kotarski is Assistant Professor at Faculty of Political Science, University Zagreb, Croatia. His research interests include international political economy, economic policy and the EU. He is head of the Centre for European Studies at Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb and also serves professionally as a Director for the University of Zagreb specialist degree “Adaptation to the EU: Project Management, EU funds and EU programs”.