DRUŠTVENO-ISTORIJSKI RAZVOJ LOKALNE SAMOUPRAVE U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI U XX STOLJEĆU
SOCIO – HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-RULE IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: This paper gives a complete picture of the socio-historical development of self-rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the twentieth century. The paper’s subject is structured in such way to cover the periods of the Austro-Hungarian rule, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Anti-Fascist Resistance in World War II and during the socialist development of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1945 to 1990. The period of self-rule’s development after Bosnia and Herzegovina’s gaining of independence and during the Dayton Peace Accords implementation at the end of the 20th and beginning of 21st centuries is independently listed. At the turn of the century, Bosnia and Herzegovina entered the social and historical the EU ascension process. A part of this process is the establishment if the European standards of development of self-rule based on the European Charter of Local Self-Government. In the second half of 1950s, the local self-government statutory autonomy of municipalities and towns in Bosnia and Herzegovina had been introduced within the concept of social self-government that lead to optimal territorial organization of municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. With 109 municipalities having the status of a local government, Bosnia and Herzegovina began its development as an independent and sovereign state on the basis of multi-party pluralistic democracy. Apart from minor changes, caused by the Dayton Peace Accords, the territorial organization of municipalities and their role in the performing the duty of local authorities in the interest of citizens, will become a constant in the public trust towards the local selfgovernment institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Performing the duty of local authorities in municipalities and cities is giving a significant contribution to the development and functioning of the entire political system in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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