CONTROVERSIES REGARDING DECENTRALISM, REGIONALISM, AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN SERBIA Cover Image

КОНТРОВЕРЗЕ ОКО ДЕЦЕНТРАЛИЗАЦИЈЕ, РЕГИОНАЛИЗАЦИЈЕ И ЛОКАЛНЕ САМОУПРАВЕ У СРБИЈИ
CONTROVERSIES REGARDING DECENTRALISM, REGIONALISM, AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN SERBIA

Author(s): Milovan M. Mitrović
Subject(s): Governance, Government/Political systems, Evaluation research
Published by: Српско социолошко друштво
Keywords: regionalism; decentralism; local self-governance; functional autonomy; Serbia; Vojvodina; Kosovo i Metohija;

Summary/Abstract: The article is composed from three parts. In the first part, I emphasize the importance of theoretical and sociological discussion for the design of the model of social system reforms and stress the problems that occur in Serbia with regard to this. In the second part, I discuss public controversies regarding decentralism, regionalism, and local governance in Serbia. I advocate for regionalism that is closer to local then to parastate governance and argue for the advantages of alternative model of “functional autonomy of different tempo”, that could harmonize inherited historical, geopolitical, economic, and cultural differences and reconcile current political antagonisms in Serbia.

  • Issue Year: 36/2002
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 81-90
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Serbian