Regionalism and Regional Self-Government in South-East Europe

Dr. Vedran Dulabic, full professor at the Chair for Administrative Science at the Faculty of Law Zagreb. Teaches and publishes books and articles on regionalism and regional self-government, multi-level governance, administrative aspects of regional/cohesion policy of the EU, local and regional self-government, modernization of public administration and administrative procedure, public services (services of general interest) and other public administration related topics. Included in several internationally funded scientific and policy projects (financed by the EU, OECD/Sigma, World Bank, COST programme, bilateral projects with France, Slovenia, project funded by civil society organisations, local and regional self-government, etc.) devoted to reform of public administration, local and regional self-government, regional policy and administrative procedure. Editor-in-chief of the Croatian and Comparative Public Administration, journal for theory and practice of public administration and editor of two book series Manuals for in-service training and Scientific papers published by Institute for Public Administration Zagreb.

Part I Introduction.- Vedran ulabic: Study of regionalism and regional self-government in South-Eastern Europe.- Part II Country experiences.- Vedran ulabic: Regionalisation and regional self-government in Bosnia and Herzegovina: complex institutions in a highly complex and divided state.- Mihovil Skarica: Disputes about regionalisation and regional self-government in Croatia.- Petrit Nimani: Local and regional self-government in Kosovo: building democratic institutions in a young state.- Veran Stancetic: Local and regional self-government in Montenegro.- Milena Gjurovska: Institutions of territorial self-government in North Macedonia: is there need for a change.- Jelena Jerinic: Regional self-government in Serbia: at odds with reality.- Iztok Rakar, Irena Baclija Brajnik: Slovenian regional self-government that lives only in (draft) laws.- Part III Cross-cutting issues.- Tijana Vukojicic Tomic, Ruzica Jakesevic, Sinisa Tatalovic: Regionalism and regional self-government as potential answer to position of ethnic minorities in the South-Eastern Europe.- Viseslav Raos: Regional Political Movements in the South-Eastern Europe.- Iva Lopizic: Interplay between deconcentrated state administration and regional self-government in the South-Eastern European countries.- Part IV Conclusion.- Vedran ulabic: Common roots but different paths of regionalism and regional self-government in South-Eastern Europe.