O deetatizaciji i opasnostima od nove etatizacije u zadovoljavanju zajedničkih potreba
Destatisation and the Danger of New Statisation in the Satisfaction of Common Needs

Summary/Abstract: Unlike all other contemporary political systems (in capitalism as well as in state socialism), in which the functions of the state in the satisfaction of common needs are strengthening, the establishment of self-managing communities of interest is the first attempt at the financing and running of social activities (services) as part of the function of associated labour, with a considerable reduction of the state's functions and role. The author analyzes the institutional mechanism of self-managing communities of interest, their principal functions and organisational structure, and the relations between the state and the self-managing communities of interest. Special reference is made to the relations among the assemblies of socio-political communities, the executive councils, the state administration and the self-managing communities of interest, to the main trends in legislation, to the planning system in the self-managing communities of interest etc. The author warns of the danger that the new institutional mechanism, which is taking over the functions of the state, may itself become prey to statisation, or that old statist relations might arise in the new forms and institutions, e.g. in planning, general balance of resources, self-management agreements etc. To prevent this, it is essential to define ill precise terms the functions of the state. The main functions of the state are mentioned under the conditions of the operation of self-managing communities of interest.

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