Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 87 No. 4, 2017.
Review article
The Presence and Consequences of Worldview Legacy of Communism
Predrag Haramija
orcid.org/0000-0002-1675-4996
; Zagreb School of Economics and Management, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The paper examines to what extent is worldview legacy of communism present and how is it manifested, that is, what are its consequences on the functioning of the state and the economy. The failure of the transition in Croatian society is to a large extent a result of the legacy of communism. It manifests itself as a bureaucracy, lack of initiative, anti-intellectualism and anti-professionalism. The value system that has been formed under Communism is based on radical egalitarianism, while the current poor state of the economy, the consequent poverty and unemployment are contributing to the revitalization of that mind-set. On the basis of the research on relation towards the collective attitudes inherent in Communism, the Croatian emigrants are detected as a group that supports that attitude the least. In the country, persons employed in the private sector have a lower level of support for these positions than persons employed in public sector. Therefore, an important factor for the completion of transition and modernization of Croatia should be a stronger involvement of persons with a different system of values, more in tune with democracy and market economy, in institutions.
Keywords
Communist worldview; transition; values; egalitarian syndrome; measurement of collective attitudes; diaspora
Hrčak ID:
193221
URI
Publication date:
2.2.2018.
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