Ukljuceni, iskljuceni, pozvani: politike drzavljanstva u postsocijalistickoj Europi i Hrvatskoj

In: Politicka misao, Band 47, Heft 1, S. 77-100

Abstract

In this paper, I analyze Croatian citizenship policies in the post-communist context & argue that it is a very instructive case for understanding the citizenship conundrum that followed the end of the communist regimes in Central & Eastern Europe. Almost everywhere in post-communist Europe, & especially in the post-partition states formed after the collapse of socialist multinational federations, new citizenship legislation & administrative practices frequently resulted in creating three distinct categories of individuals: the included, the excluded, & the invited (more often than not ethnic kin abroad). I put a special focus on the transformations of the citizenship policies in Croatia & how the dynamic between the included, the excluded & the invited changed from nationalist Croatia in the 1990s to an EU-oriented Croatia in the 2000s. The analysis of Croatian citizenship policies allows me to suggest that post-Tudman Croatia can be seen as an exemplary case of ethnic democracy according to the criteria defined by Sammy Smooha. Adapted from the source document.