Possibilities of regionalization in Bosnia and Herzegovina Cover Image

Могућности регионализације у Босни и Херцеговини
Possibilities of regionalization in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Author(s): Ljiljana Mudrinić
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Институт за међународну политику и привреду
Keywords: regionalization;Bosnia and Herzegovina;development;democratization;decentralization

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyzes the possibilities of regionalization in Bosnia and Herzegovina, then the territorial organization of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the cause and consequence of the lack of an appropriate regional policy. Regionalization should not be a way of managing the national territory in which to achieve a higher degree of territorial cohesion, better and faster development and greater competitiveness. The democratic nature of the system of interest, and to a lesser extent, administrative organization of the territory at the level of small or large regional units should be a path to more regular and fairly available local or regional resources and purposeful management development instruments. Since regionalization requires different settings of the political system, it is recommended that the Governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Srpska adopt a strategy of regionalization and the democratization of the country. This document should define the objectives, content, methods and implementation phases of the constitutional rights of citizens on regional autonomy and accordingly bring a set of legislation on the new territorial organization of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Regionalization is not a threat to the country, but the dam for the separatism because it contributes to decentralization, more balanced economic development and democratization, and therefore the political stability of the country. Decentralization and regionalization of the country depend on two very important conditions. One is the constitutional environment and the other is political will.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 60
  • Page Range: 239-264
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Serbian