Ekonomske osnove federalizma
The Economic Foundations of Federalism

Summary/Abstract: The economic aspect of the relationships between nationalities in Yugoslavia cannot he fruitfully viewed through a confrontation of federation and confederation. Instead one must accept as one’s starting point the maximal independence of the republics and fullest affirmation of nationhood that achieved market economy integration on the basis of interests. An approach starting from a limited sovereignty of the republics and an original sovereignty of the common state is inacceptable in this context as it makes equality between peoples impossible. The author evaluates the establishment of economic sovereignty on the part of the republics from the point of view of modem theories of integration: functionalism, pluralism, liberalism, and institutionalism. The starting point for all these is that more complex forms of integration are achieved through such development which does not allow for any symmetry. Symmetries are regularly based on violence. In the fast part of his article the author indicates the areas where symmetry creates problems: the relationship of developed and undeveloped regions, general economic conditions, unique lax systems.

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