Policy-Making at the European Periphery

Chapter 1: Croatia's post-communist transition experience: the paradox of initial advantage turning into a middle-income trap - Zdravko Petak and Kristijan Kotarski.- Chapter 2: Policy-making context and challenges of governance in Croatia - Zdravko Petak.- Chapter 3: The Europeization of Croatian Political System - Hrvoje Spehar and Ivan Pepic.- Chapter 4: Political attention of Croatian governments 1990-2015 - Daniela Sirinic.- Chapter 5: Interest groups in the policy making process in Croatia - Igor Vidacak and Kristijan Kotarski.- Chapter 6: Political economy of corruption, clientelism and vote-buying in Croatian local government - Vuk Vukovic.- Chapter 7: Long-term trends in Croatian GDP growth - Anita Ceh Casni, Petra Palic and Maruska Vizek.- Chapter 8: Monetary policy in a highly euroized economy - Kristijan Kotarski and Marina Tkalec.- Chapter 9: Fiscal policy and European Semester in Croatia: why should we focus on public debt? - Hrvoje Simovic and Milan Deskar-Skrbic.- Chapter 10: Banking regulation in Croatia: qualitative and quantitative assessment - Milan Deskar Skrbic, Kristijan Kotarski and Luka Brkic.- Chapter 11: Competitiveness of Croatian economy: the comparison of private and public sector enterprises - Velimir Sonje.- Chapter 12: Croatian pension system and challenges of pension policy - Predrag Bejakovic.- Chapter 13: Health policy in Croatia: a case of free falling - Dagmar Radin.- Chapter 14: Education policy in Croatia - Tihomir Ziljak and Nikola Baketa.- Chapter 15: Cohesion policy in Croatia: what have we accomplished so far? - Sanja Malekovic, Jaksa Puljiz and Ivana Keser.- Chapter 16: Features of Croatian public policies - Ana Petek.- Chapter 17: Quo vadis Croatia? The interplay of institutions, interests and ideas - Zdravko Petak and Kristijan Kotarski.