Policy-Making at the European Periphery

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".

Auteur
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.

Contenu
INTRODUCTIONChapter 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 SystemHrvoje pehar and Ivan Pepi Chapter 4: Political attention of Croatian governments 1990-2015Daniela irini Chapter 5: Interest groups in the policy making process in CroatiaIgor Vidaak and Kristijan Kotarski
Chapter 6: Political economy of corruption, clientelism and vote-buying in Croatian local governmentVuk Vukovi
SECOND PART: CROATIAN POLITICAL ECONOMY Chapter 7: Long-term trends in Croatian GDP growth
Anita eh asni, Petra Pali and Maruka Vizek
Chapter 8: Monetary policy in a highly euroized economyKristijan Kotarski and Marina Tkalec
Chapter 9: Fiscal policy and European Semester in Croatia: why should we focus on public debt? Hrvoje imovi and Milan Deskar-krbi
Chapter 10: Banking regulation in Croatia: qualitative and quantitative assessment Milan Deskar krbi, Kristijan Kotarski and Luka Brki
Chapter 11: Competitiveness of Croatian economy: the comparison of private and public sector enterprisesVelimir onje
THIRD PART: SECTORAL PUBLIC POLICIESChapter 12: Croatian pension system and challenges of pension policy
Predrag Bejakovi
Chapter 13: Health policy in Croatia: a case of free fallingDagmar Radin Chapter 14: Education policy in CroatiaTihomir iljak and Nikola Baketa Chapter 15: Cohesion policy in Croatia: what have we accomplished so far?Sanja Malekovi, Jaka Puljiz and Ivana Keser
Chapter 16: Features of Croatian public policies Ana Petek CONCLUSIONChapter 17: Quo vadis Croatia? The interplay of institutions, interests and ideasZdravko Petak and Kristijan Kotarski