Does Croatia Need a House of Counties?

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Discrepancy : Students' journal for social sciences and humanities, Vol. 3 No. 5/6, 2002.

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Does Croatia Need a House of Counties?

Marko Grdešić

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APA 6th Edition

Grdešić, M. (2002). Does Croatia Need a House of Counties?. Diskrepancija, 3 (5/6), 7-20. Retrieved from https://hrcak.srce.hr/179063

MLA 8th Edition

Grdešić, Marko. "Does Croatia Need a House of Counties?." Diskrepancija, vol. 3, no. 5/6, 2002, pp. 7-20. https://hrcak.srce.hr/179063. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

Chicago 17th Edition

Grdešić, Marko. "Does Croatia Need a House of Counties?." Diskrepancija 3, no. 5/6 (2002): 7-20. https://hrcak.srce.hr/179063

Harvard

Grdešić, M. (2002). 'Does Croatia Need a House of Counties?', Diskrepancija, 3(5/6), pp. 7-20. Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/179063 (Accessed 24 November 2024)

Vancouver

Grdešić M. Does Croatia Need a House of Counties?. Diskrepancija [Internet]. 2002 [cited 2024 November 24];3(5/6):7-20. Available from: https://hrcak.srce.hr/179063

IEEE

M. Grdešić, "Does Croatia Need a House of Counties?", Diskrepancija, vol.3, no. 5/6, pp. 7-20, 2002. [Online]. Available: https://hrcak.srce.hr/179063. [Accessed: 24 November 2024]

Abstract

This essay analyses the political institution of the upper house of the Croatian Parliament, House of Counties. I put forward a thesis that the House of Counties was not necessary within the political system of the Republic of Croatia. I present the theoretical background of the debate about unicameralism and bicameralism in political sciences, the historical overview of the development of bicameralism, and a sketch of parliamentary systems in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe which are, like Croatia, currently undergoing the process of democratic transition. I describe the Croatian experience with the constitutional framework of the House of Counties, the process of its abolishing and subsequent reactions of Croatian political protagonists. I then briefly present the possibilities of reinstating the upper parliamentary house through the Goran Declaration.

Keywords

upper house; unicameralism; bicameralism; federalism

Hrčak ID:

179063

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/179063

Publication date:

1.12.2002.

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