Normativna decentralizacija u Hrvatskoj i njezine granice
Normative Decentralisation in Croatia and Its Boundaries

Summary/Abstract: In the text the author analyses the degree of decentralisation realised in Croatia after the year 2001. The mentioned year has been taken as a starting point due to the implementation of a number of legal changes initiated with the aim to achieve greater decentralisation. In the initial phase this undertaking was technically limited to the fields of education, health, social welfare and fire-fighting. In the analysis the author proceeds from the understanding of the concept of decentralisation taking into account first and foremost its functional implications. Based on the latter the most important are political, administrative and financial decentralisation. However, the author warns that decentralisation cannot be completely understood or analysed if not taking into consideration the decentralisation of the ability of the local government to autonomously shape local development. The author thus continues to analyse the first effects of the programme of new decentralisation after the year 2001. Data indicate that only 53 units of local government have taken over the financing of the

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