Policy-Making at the European Periphery

1. Front Matter

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2. Croatia’s Post-communist Transition Experience: The Paradox of Initial Advantage Turning into a Middle-Income Trap

   • Kristijan Kotarski, Zdravko Petak

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3. Policy-Making Process in the Newest EU Member State

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Policy-Making Context and Challenges of Governance in Croatia

      • Zdravko Petak

      Pages 29-45

   3. The Europeanization of the Croatian Political System

      • Hrvoje Špehar, Ivan Pepić

      Pages 47-63

   4. Political Attention of Croatian Governments 1990–2015

      • Daniela Širinić

      Pages 65-82

   5. Interest Groups in the Policy-Making Process in Croatia

      • Igor Vidačak, Kristijan Kotarski

      Pages 83-105

   6. Political Economy of Corruption, Clientelism and Vote-Buying in Croatian Local Government

      • Vuk Vuković

      Pages 107-124

4. Croatia’s Political Economy

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Long-Term Trends in Croatian GDP Growth

      • Anita Čeh Časni, Petra Palić, Maruška Vizek

      Pages 127-145

   3. Monetary Policy in a Highly Euroized Economy

      • Kristijan Kotarski, Marina Tkalec

      Pages 147-168

   4. Fiscal Policy and European Semester in Croatia: Why Should We Focus on Public Debt?

      • Hrvoje Šimović, Milan Deskar-Škrbić

      Pages 169-186

   5. Banking Regulation in Croatia: Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment

      • Milan Deskar-Škrbić, Kristijan Kotarski, Luka Brkić

      Pages 187-205

   6. The Competitiveness of the Croatian Economy: A Comparison of Private and Public Sector Enterprises

      • Velimir Šonje

      Pages 207-226

5. Sectoral Public Policies

   1. Front Matter

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   2. The Croatian Pension System and Challenges of Pension Policy

      • Predrag Bejaković

      Pages 229-245

   3. Health Policy in Croatia: A Case of Free Falling

      • Dagmar Radin

      Pages 247-264

   4. Education Policy in Croatia

      • Tihomir Žiljak, Nikola Baketa

      Pages 265-283

   5. Cohesion Policy in Croatia: What Have We Accomplished so Far?

      • Jakša Puljiz, Sanja Maleković, Ivana Keser

      Pages 285-302

   6. Features of Croatian Public Policies

      • Ana Petek

      Pages 303-320

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.

• Croatia
• policy-making
• clientelism
• EU membership
• governance
• monetary policy
• banking regulation
• Europeanisation
• Croatian politics
• lobbying
• interest groups
• Croatian capitalism
• Croatian GDP
• Croatian National Bank (CNB)
• Croatian health system
• Croatian pensions system
• actors
• policy goals
• policy design
• captured state
• european union politics

• Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

  Zdravko Petak, Kristijan Kotarski

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”.

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