CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Franceschi, Anna Marie |
|---|---|
| Title | THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIALISM ON LEADER IN CROATIA |
| Summary | The purpose of this research paper is to examine the lasting effects of the historical socialist legacy on the implementation of LEADER in Croatia. Based on Croatia’s socialist past as part of Yugoslavia, this thesis seeks to discover to what extent does socialism affect the implementation of European Union programs, specifically those that encourage a “bottom-up approach” and collective action. LEADER is an appropriate program to study because it relies heavily upon individual and collective action and mobilization to achieve rural development goals at the local level. This thesis examines Croatia because it is the newest EU member to be implementing LEADER and also had forty-five years of socialist rule, which shaped social, political and economic behaviors. Therefore, Croatia presents itself as a strong subject for case study of the lasting imprints of history on the implementation process of collective action programs such as LEADER. Relying on elite and expert interviews, this paper analyzes the main features of LEADER and where the socialist legacy interferes with their functioning in Croatia and discovers that five of the features succumb to problems related to Croatia’s socialist legacy. This paper further explores the practical difficulties regarding Croatia’s implementation of LEADER. |
| Supervisor | Cartwright, Andrew |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/franceschi_anna.pdf |
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