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Konfederalizam i jugoslavenska ekonomska unija
Confederalism and a Yugoslav Economic Union

Author(s): Zdravko Petak
Subject(s): Politics, Political Sciences, Political economy
Published by: Fakultet političkih znanosti u Zagrebu
Keywords: Confederalism; Yugoslav Economic Union;

Summary/Abstract: In a consideration of economic federalism the central problem is how to answer the following question: how is economic union to be maintained within a decentralized political system? In the ease of Yugoslavia the best answer is provided by a con federative model. The author believes that confederation represents the best form for solving society’s key problem — the covering of the costs run up by the bancrupcy of socialism. To support this the author makes use of the principles of decentralization within the theory of public choice.

  • Issue Year: XXVII/1990
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 31-34
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Croatian