{"id":2078,"date":"2013-06-01T00:01:27","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T22:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsijournal.eu\/?p=2078"},"modified":"2021-01-20T13:17:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T11:17:50","slug":"public-perceptions-of-political-and-economic-transformation-in-croatia-and-bih-a-pilot-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/?p=2078","title":{"rendered":"PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION IN CROATIA AND BIH: A PILOT STUDY"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Joel I. DEICHMANN<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

PhD (corresponding author), Bentley University, <\/span><\/p>\n

e-mail: <\/span>jdeichmann@bentley.edu<\/span><\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Shivam SENJALIA<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bentley<\/span> University<\/span>, <\/span><\/p>\n

e-mail: <\/span>senjali_shiv@bentley.edu<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Abstract<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Following successful accession to the European Union by many countries labeled \u201ctransition economies\u201d, the definition of Europe\u2019s transition zone (or, its modern \u201cfrontier\u201d) continues to shift. Some of Yugoslavia\u2019s successor states continue to struggle as independent entities in the wake of the country\u2019s dissolution. Leaders in the Republic of Croatia and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) mapped out their return to Europe and have achieved varying levels of success, offering excellent laboratories for comparative assessment of ongoing transformation. As we approach the end of the second decade since the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords, and as Croatia prepares for its own 2013 EU accession, we attempt to better understand interrelated contemporary issues ranging from socio-economic wellbeing to contentment with government. Of particular interest is the prospect of EU accession given the ongoing global recession and widespread uncertainty surrounding the Euro. Our approach entails primary data collection through brief interviews with residents in localities of Croatia as well as Sarajevo, BiH, followed by an analysis of qualitative and quantitative responses. With Croatia\u2019s imminent entry to the European Union, problems of economic diversification continue. In BiH, stagnation persists two decades after independence, and the failure of leaders to embrace transparency and generate a shared national consciousness continues to stymy public confidence and domestic growth while dissuading foreign investors. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Joel I. DEICHMANN PhD (corresponding author), Bentley University, e-mail: jdeichmann@bentley.edu Shivam SENJALIA Bentley University, e-mail: senjali_shiv@bentley.edu Abstract Following successful accession to the European Union by many countries labeled \u201ctransition economies\u201d, the definition of Europe\u2019s transition zone (or, its modern \u201cfrontier\u201d) continues to shift. Some of Yugoslavia\u2019s successor states continue to struggle as independent entities in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-published"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2078"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3743,"href":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078\/revisions\/3743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}