Conference paper
The Significance of Christian Democracy in Today's Political Circumstances of the Republic of Croatia and the Genesis of the Project of the Croatian Christian-Democratic Union
Marko Veselica
; Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The author is of the opinion that Croatia has a singular tradition of Christian democracy which is represented by the political program of the Croatian Party of Rights after 1894. by the populist politics and the policies of the Croatian peasants' party. The European experience in post-totalitarian societies shows that Christian democracy is a sine qua non for the renewal of the legal system and the system of values and should be taken into account in Croatia. Following the 1989 collapse of communism in Croatia only a national-populist party could have gained political clout. That was why the Christian-democratic party of Ivan Cesar was envisaged as a long-term political project. By bringing together all Christian-democratic and populist parties within the Croatian Christian-democratic union, a genuine political power could sprout which might be a force to reckon with when outlining Croatian future political identity.
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110521
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Publication date:
1.12.1994.
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