VOJVODINA AS A REALM OF REGIONAL TENDENCIES
VOJVODINA AS A REALM OF REGIONAL TENDENCIES

Author(s): Alpar Lošonc
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law, Governance, Government/Political systems, Geopolitics
Published by: CEDET Centar za demokratsku tranziciju
Keywords: Collective identity; regionalism; multiculturalism; regional planning and management; deconcentration of power
Summary/Abstract: This paper raises the issue of the legitimacy of Vojvodina’s collective identity as representative of regionalism in Serbia. After analyzing various possibilities for the legitimation of Vojvodina’s collective identity, emphasis is placed on the significance of multi-cultural relationships for Vojvodina. It has been claimed that cultural patterns are the basis for Vojvodina’s new regional identity. Only a synthesis of regional capacities and multi-cultural arrangement can facilitate a regional identity of Vojvodina based upon unimpeded consensus. This basic attitude is supplemented with certain elements of understanding Vojvodina as a Euro-region, which is developing co-operation with other regions and borderline regions in neighbouring countries. Vojvodina’s regionalism should be considered within contemporary regional planning and management tendencies. In the final section, the paper deals with the legal constellation and the situation subsequent to the adoption of the Omnibus Law. It has been concluded that the legal framework corresponds to the model of power deconcentration, which is a great slowdown as compared to the real potentials.

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