Croatia
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Lost Croatia to independence on June 25, 1991. Since then Croatia has made extensive progress in its attempts and struggles to form a democratic state. Croatia's government consists of a presidential parliamentary system. Croatia's democratic transition began back in 1989, "when the LCY (League of Communists of Yugoslavia) gave in to Eastern and Central Europe's democratic tide and legalized other political parties." (History) As a result, throughout the 90's Croatia formed new major political parties, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS). Together the SDP and the HSLS formed a coalition with the Croatian Peasants' Party, they named the party the Croatian people's party (HNS). Problems arose when Nationalist Franjo Tudjman became President of the Republic in 1990; he immediately began to fire Serbs from positions of political power. This began or rather resulted from a series of ethnic problems that took place throughout the former Yugoslavia, lead
inclusive subtantive democracy. It seems that the first need of Today, Croatia continues to make gradual steps towards improving their democratic system. Seen in the March 1st 2001 U.S. Annual Report on Human Rights, " The report praised democratic transitions in Croatia..." (facts.com) This leads me to believe that Croatia does indeed have a good chance of maintaining and improving their Democracy. Hopefully the political structure of Democracy, free market, and general freedom from communism can in time, bring the different ethnic groups of Croatia together in harmony. Working together, perhaps Croatians and surrounding countries can prosper from what some people think is the best element of democracy... capitalism. during the last 900 years of statelessness. Once this energy runs ing up to and including the Bosnian war. During the violence Serbia attempted to ethnically cleans the Former Yugoslavia area of Bosnian Serbs, Muslims, and Croats. (Sacco) constitution in 1990 to generate dialogue among its constituent out, the new arena for democratization will open
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