After the democratic elections in 1990, local democracy in Croatia evolved through two stages. In the first phase, during the 1990s, a centralist model with limited powers of local government was put in place restricting the development of local democracy and reducing it to a lower, subordinate and narrower form of national representative democracy. During …
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Centre for Democracy and Law Miko Tripalo awarded its annual Centre Miko Tripalo Award for 2010 on Thursday, 21 April 2011 at the Rectorate of the University of Zagreb. The Award was given to non-governmental organization GONG for its achievements in promoting democracy and political rights of citizens, as well as in contributing to implementation …
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The book Corruption and Trust investigates and analyzes the problems of corruption in Croatia and the public’s trust in key institutions in the country. In the preface to the book, Josip Kregar notes that corruption is an extremely complex problem, which has a drastic impact on the social fabric, the relations between citizens and their …
Centre for Democracy and Law Miko Tripalo and the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb organized a public event entitled CORUPTION AND TRUST. The occasion for the discussion of corruption was a book by authors Josip Kregar, Duško Sekulić and Željka Šporer. The event was held at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb …
Experienced and wise men know that democratic government has its rules and institutions in which we place our trust, but apart from faith in democratically elected rulers , there must also be a sharpened view of reality, application of rules and the impact of institutions. Democracy needs criticism and challenges. They are necessary for democracy …
