Revija za sociologiju, Vol. 31 No. 3-4, 2000.
Pregledni rad
Political Aspects of Istrian Social Development
Neven Šantić
; Novi list, Rijeka
Sažetak
During the history we have had two branches of political influence in Istria. In that region, states, political regimes, and systems have often changed, while on the other hand since the middle of the last century, with delay because of the borderland status of the region, we have seen effects of political mobilization among Croats, Italians and Slovenes. Considering the actual political and demographic situation, we gave particular attention to Croatian national movement.
The development of the region, open borders, the nearness of Italy which is part of modern Europe, relative distance from war stricken areas in former Yugoslavia and the beginning of the democratic process, caused in the early 90-ies the political modeling of conservation of the Istrian specific characteristics. IDS was the most successful political option in putting that issues on the political stage.
The results of all the elections held during the 90-ies, and also all the researches of public opinion done during the same period in Istria, are proving that the regional identification was the factor of the electoral success. The public opinion research conduced in Istria in the beginning of the year 1998. truly proved that regionalism as modem value in Istria is still dominant. The political reflection of this fact is the choice of modem center or left political option.
Ključne riječi
Istria; regionalism; regional identification; IDS; modernism; democracy; liberalism; social democracy
Hrčak ID:
154301
URI
Datum izdavanja:
31.12.2000.
Posjeta: 1.160 *