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Alternativni interesi
Alternative Interest

Author(s): Inge Perko-Šeparović
Subject(s): Politics, Energy and Environmental Studies, Political Theory, Political Sciences
Published by: Fakultet političkih znanosti u Zagrebu
Keywords: Alternative Interest;

Summary/Abstract: The author defines the alternative interest as an interest aiming at radical change of the condition. Being an objective interest, it is global in scope. The framework of the aggregation of alternative interest depends on the degree to which it becomes a subjective interest. The attempts at articulation and aggregation of the alternative interest encounter resistance of the protagonists of the so-called institutional interests, as well as of those they have succeeded in manipulating. In analyzing the constitutional¬-legal possibilities for the articulation of the alternative interest in Yugoslav society, the author suggests that these are mainly local in character, even though they represent the interest of an extremely wide section of subjects. A good example of this is the mode of decision-making on the site of the nuclear power plant, in Prevlaka. The decision was made by the Parliament of Croatia on the basis of the opinion of the Communal Assembly of Dugo Selo. In examining this mode of decision-making, as well as the economic, ecological and political profitability and justification of nuclear power plants in general, the author calls for a re-examination and reversal of the decision to locate the nuclear plant in Prevlaka.

  • Issue Year: XXIII/1986
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 90-100
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Croatian