CROATIAN POLITICIAN STJEPAN RADIĆ AND HIS (CON)FEDERAL PROGRAM FOR CENTRAL EUROPE Cover Image

HIRVAT POLİTİKACI STJEPAN RADİĆ’İN (KON)FEDERAL ORTA AVRUPA PROGRAMI
CROATIAN POLITICIAN STJEPAN RADIĆ AND HIS (CON)FEDERAL PROGRAM FOR CENTRAL EUROPE

Author(s): Hakan Demir
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Trakya Üniversitesi Balkan Araştırma Enstitüsü
Keywords: Croatia; Austro-Hungarian Empire; Central Europe; Federalism

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the Croatian Peasant Party leader Stjepan Radić’s (1871-1928) programme which aimed to federalize Austro-Hungarian Empire will be examined. Stjepan Radić defended the political rights of Croatian nation in the Habsburg Empire and later he also aimed to establish a federal state in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes whic was founded in 1918. In the 19th century Radić thought that Croatia can get better political benefits with in a federal Habsburg Monarchy. For this reason he created his own federal Habsburg Empire programme which influenced by German and Slavic Central Europe programmes.

  • Issue Year: 4/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 19-40
  • Page Count: 22