REGIONAL PROBLEM AND THE BREAK-UP OF YUGOSLAVIA

The regional problem in the second Yugoslavia (1945–1990) was never a question of economic disparities only: it was interrelated with the national question and the question of the organization of the state. It also reflected various historical influences and the resultant mixture of different cultural patterns.
In Yugoslavia, official definition of the magnitude of the regional problem resulted from the interaction of the regional power configuration, economic interests, political will and the ruling ideological postulates. Thus the status of underdevelopment and the volume of transfers were determined by (unlimited) aspirations, on the one hand, and (limited) possibilities, on the other.