Policy-Making at the European Periphery: The Case of Croatia

ISBN-13: 9783319735818 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 342 str.

Zdravko Petak; Kristijan Kotarski

Opis

This book examines Croatia's economic and political transformation over the last 30 years. The book offers a unique blend of Croatia's political economy framework and public policy analysis.

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1: Croatia’s post-communist transition experience: the paradox of initial advantage turning into a middle-income trap 

Zdravko Petak and Kristijan Kotarski

FIRST PART: POLICY-MAKING PROCESS IN THE NEWEST EU MEMBER STATE 

Chapter 2: Policy-making context and challenges of governance in Croatia 

Zdravko Petak

Chapter 3: The Europeization of Croatian Political System

Hrvoje Špehar and Ivan Pepić

Chapter 4: Political attention of Croatian governments  1990-2015

Daniela Širinić 

Chapter 5: Interest groups in the policy making process in Croatia

Igor Vidačak and Kristijan Kotarski

Chapter 6: Political economy of corruption, clientelism and vote-buying in Croatian local government

Vuk Vuković

SECOND PART: CROATIAN POLITICAL ECONOMY 

Chapter 7: Long-term trends in Croatian GDP growth 

Anita Čeh Časni, Petra Palić and Maruška Vizek

Chapter 8: Monetary policy in a highly euroized economy

Kristijan Kotarski and Marina Tkalec

Chapter 9: Fiscal policy and European Semester in Croatia: why should we focus on public debt? 

Hrvoje Šimović and Milan Deskar-Škrbić

Chapter 10: Banking regulation in Croatia: qualitative and quantitative assessment 

Milan Deskar Škrbić, Kristijan Kotarski and Luka Brkić

Chapter 11: Competitiveness of Croatian economy: the comparison of private and public sector enterprises

Velimir Šonje

THIRD PART: SECTORAL PUBLIC POLICIES

Chapter 12: Croatian pension system and challenges of pension policy

Predrag Bejaković

Chapter 13: Health policy in Croatia: a case of free falling

Dagmar Radin

Chapter 14: Education policy in Croatia

Tihomir Žiljak and Nikola Baketa

Chapter 15: Cohesion policy in Croatia: what have we accomplished so far?

Sanja Maleković, Jakša Puljiz and Ivana Keser    

Chapter 16: Features of Croatian public policies 

Ana Petek

CONCLUSION

Chapter 17: Quo vadis Croatia? The interplay of institutions, interests and ideas

Zdravko Petak and Kristijan Kotarski

O autorze

Zdravko Petak is Professor of Political Science at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. His research interests are public policy analysis, comparative public policy, European public policy, local politics and political finance. He was president of the Croatian Political Science Association (1999-2002) and editor-in-chief of The Annals of Croatian Political Science Review (2004-2013). 

 

Kristijan Kotarski is Assistant Professor at Faculty of Political Science, University Zagreb, Croatia. His research interests include international political economy, economic policy and the EU. He is head of the Centre for European Studies at Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb and also serves professionally as a Director for the University of Zagreb specialist degree “Adaptation to the EU: Project Management, EU funds and EU programs”.

Blurb

This book examines Croatia's economic and political transformation over the last 30 years. It brings together the best political scientists, macroeconomists and public finance experts from Croatia to provide an in-depth analysis of the Croatian policy-making context and the impact of Europeanization upon its domestic institutional framework. The second part of the book scrutinizes the political economy context and Croatia's long-term  macroeconomic under-performance, especially in comparison to other transition economies. The final part explores sectoral public policies, including cohesion policy, education, health, pensions, and local government. The book offers a unique blend of Croatia's political economy framework  and public policy analysis.

 

Zdravko Petak is Professor of Political Science at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. His research interests are public policy analysis, comparative public policy, European public policy, local politics and political finance. He was president of the Croatian Political Science Association (1999-2002) and editor-in-chief of The Annals of Croatian Political Science Review (2004-2013). 

 

Kristijan Kotarski is Assistant Professor at Faculty of Political Science, University Zagreb, Croatia. His research interests include international political economy, economic policy and the EU. He is head of the Centre for European Studies at Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb and also serves professionally as a Director for the University of Zagreb specialist degree “Adaptation to the EU: Project Management, EU funds and EU programs”.