Open AccessVojvodina and the constitution of 1974 - from the provincial autonomy to the constitutional element of the Yugoslav federation
Author(s) -
Slobodan Bjelica
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
zbornik matice srpske za društvene nauke/zbornik matice srpske za društvene nauke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0836
pISSN - 0352-5732
DOI - 10.2298/zmsdn1553725b
Subject(s) - constitution , federalist , state (computer science) , political science , law , decentralization , autonomy , federalism , federal state , element (criminal law) , public administration , federal republic , politics , algorithm , computer science
In Yugoslavia, in the late 1960s, there were marked constitutional reforms in the internal plan, the goal of which was to establish new relations between the republics and the federal state and, in particular, between the autonomous provinces and the Republic of Serbia. Just as the reforms of the federal constitution took place as a sign of a conflict between two concepts (which were personified by Edvard Kardelj and Aleksandar Rankovic), so did the future status of the AP (Autonomous Province) of Vojvodina provoke the expert polemics of the prominent officials. History of Yugoslavia in the second half of the 1960s, after the initiation of economic reforms and Brioni Plenary Session, is characterized by the reform attempts, which affected the federalist character of the state and led towards the decentralization of the ruling party. Revision of the federal Constitution followed, and the result was the famous Constitution of 1974. According to the so far unpublished archive documentation as well as the participants? memoires, we present to the professional audience events that have remained hidden from the public eye for 40 years.