Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.32984/gapzh.10.1.9
Unsuccessful Europeanisation of Croatian Sub-Municipal Government: Insufficient Attractiveness or Bad Institutional Design
Romea Manojlović Toman
orcid.org/0000-0002-0292-0180
; Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb
Tijana Vukojičić Tomić
orcid.org/0000-0002-1791-7291
; Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb
Ivan Koprić
orcid.org/0000-0002-9086-6937
; Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb
Abstract
The European administrative space is based on two groups of human rights. The first promotes democratic openness and citizen participation, and strengthens the input legitimacy of public administration, while the other relates to good public governance and strengthens the output legitimacy of public administration. The Charter of Fundamental Rights, which forms an integral part of the Lisbon Treaty in force since 2009, provides the necessary legal basis for both groups of human rights. The paper deals with the question of the role of sub-municipal government in strengthening the EU’s standards of openness, participation and good governance. Two research questions are analyzed: a) what is the legal and actual role of sub-municipal government in Croatia; and b) can it contribute to strengthening the input or output legitimacy of public administration? The general acts of sub-municipal government in selected cities and the contents of the websites of the sub-municipal governments of all Croatian cities are analyzed. Following the categorization by Hlepas et al. (2018), adapted to the Croatian circumstances, the role of the Croatian sub-municipal government is analyzed. Based on the findings and selected comparative insights, the current state of Croatian sub-municipal government is interpreted and recommendations for improvement are formulated.
Keywords
sub-municipal government - Croatia; units of sub-municipal government; the input and output legitimacy of political systems; Europeanisation of public administration; content analysis; comparative analysis
Hrčak ID:
222955
URI
Publication date:
18.7.2019.
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