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    STUDIA EUROPAEA - Issue no. 1 / 2017  
         
  Article:   CROATIAN ELECTORAL REFORMS AND THE SERBIAN ETHNIC MINORITY (1990-2002) / RÉFORMES ÉLECTORALES EN CROATIE ET MINORITÉ NATIONALE SERBE (1990-2002).

Authors:  LUIGI GATTI.
 
       
         
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24193/subbeuropaea.2017.1.09

Published Online: 2017-03-15
Published Print: 2017-03-30

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ABSTRACT:
This paper intends to put forward an analytical frame able to explain the complexity of the process leading to electoral reforms in Croatia. The croatian situation, especially from 1990 to 2002, presents specific features regarding the link between electoral reforms and the Serbian ethnic minority. We will first analyze the electoral reforms through the classical rational choice approach. We will then study them using the modern approach wich acknowledges the variety of political actors and interests, and takes into account the historical and geopolitical context.

Keywords: Electoral reforms – Theories – Ethnic minorities – Croatia – Serbs.

Bibliographie:
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Articles de revue:
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Ressources informatiques:
1. Elections parlementaires du 2 août 1992 [http://www.ipu.org/parline-f/reports/arc/1077_92.htm], 15 mai 2015.
2. Loi constitutionnelle sur les droits des minorités nationales du 19 décembre 2002 [http://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/europe/croatie-loi_const-2002.htm], 14 mai 2015.
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Journaux:
Le Monde (2 octobre 1990).
Danas (5 juin 1990).
 
         
     
         
         
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