Pregledni rad

https://doi.org/10.21861/HGG.2016.78.02.01

Development and Contemporary Characteristics of Agricultural Cooperatives in the Area of Croatia

Dane Pejnović orcid.org/0000-0001-5819-3819 ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Geografski odsjek, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Petra Radeljak Kaufmann orcid.org/0000-0003-2738-4035 ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Geografski odsjek, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Aleksandar Lukić orcid.org/0000-0002-7884-5818 ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Geografski odsjek, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Sažetak

This paper closely examines the fluctuations in development of agricultural cooperatives in Croatia during their 150-year-long tradition, as well as recent development trends, and spatially-differentiated development in the contemporary era. The results show that, despite the long tradition, contemporary Croatian cooperatives have been faced with a series of development problems. The main cause of that situation is inadequate legislation - a poorly adjusted law on cooperatives and correlative laws that are relevant for the functioning of cooperative entrepreneurship. This reflects unfavourably in all cooperative sectors, specifically agricultural cooperatives as its most developed sector. This has resulted in a marginal contribution of cooperatives to the socioeconomic development of the nation's demographically ever more destabilised rural areas.

Ključne riječi

cooperative movements; cooperatives; agricultural cooperatives; Croatia; Europe

Hrčak ID:

173019

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/173019

Datum izdavanja:

16.1.2017.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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