Review article
Regional Policy and the Various Statuses of Local Units in Croatia
Vedran Đulabić
orcid.org/0000-0002-2206-7391
; Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Mihovil Škarica
; Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The authors aim to summarize and explain the position of the numerous local units in Croatia that are lagging behind in their development or are geographically specific (e.g. islands, hilly and mountain areas) through the analysis of general and special legislation and statistical data. More than 50 per cent of Croatian local self-government units have such a status. Four groups of special
authorities are particularly analysed in this paper. These are the Areas of Special State Concern, the Hilly and Mountain Areas, Islands and the Town of Vukovar. Each of these groups is regulated by a special law that grants some additional rights to local units, their residents, and legal entities registered on their territory. The aim of the paper is to analyze whether these special regional policy
measures could lead to granting a special status for these units. The reasons behind this policy and its objectives are analysed and it is stated that special status of these units is mainly stipulated due to developmental and redistributive reasons.
Keywords
regional policy; local self-government; local units; special status; Croatia; assisted areas
Hrčak ID:
132526
URI
Publication date:
1.6.2012.
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