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Theses on social crisis – the case of Croatia
Theses on social crisis – the case of Croatia

Author(s): Josip Županov
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Nomos Verlag
Keywords: economic crisis in Croatia; social crisis in Croatia;

Summary/Abstract: Whether Croatia is in a deep economic crisis or only a sort of recession is an academic question which is not in the domain of my professional competence. But I will try to answer the fundamental question, which is: where do the deep roots of the current crisis lie? My answer is: this is a crisis of the basic political economic model of the transition in Croatia (though some variants of the model are at work in some other transitional countries), which I have termed the Political Capitalism model (PC). Croatian society is now living in a vacuum of social integration. In such a vacuum, there is no room for trust in and consideration of interpersonal relationships. What this lack means for further economic and social development is a rhetorical question. Even an unsystematic observation of social interactions (including everyday behaviour) raises the fundamental question: is Croatian society heading for a state of Hobbesian bellum omnium contra omnes? Or, at least, for one of ‘Hobbesian incivility’?

  • Issue Year: 2001
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 39-49
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English