Self-determination and multiethnic regionalisms in post-Yugoslav states

ABSTRACT IN CROATIAN: Ovaj rad bavi se temom samoodredenja i multietnickog regionalizma u regijama Dalmacije, Istre i Vojvodine. Cilj je objasnisti ishode regionalizma u sva tri slucaja od 1990. nadalje. Rad analizira tri bitna elementa regionalisticke mobilizacije - upotrebu historiografije, specificne znacajke regionalne ekonomije te odnose medu skupinama. Osim sto govori o konstelacijama samoodredenja utemeljenim na plurinacionalnom ili multinacionalnom principu, u slucaju Istre i Vojvodine, a koje koristimo kako bi se jasno istaknula regionalna politicka specificnost u odnosu na centralnu drzavu, rad se bavi i neuspjehom dalmatinskog regionalizma, odnosno nemogucnoscu regionalnih stranaka da se nametnu kao predstavnici interesa veceg dijela Dalmacije. // ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH: This article deals with the issues of self-determination and multiethnic regionalisms in Dalmatia, Istria and Vojvodina - historic regions of today's Croatia and Serbia. The main aim is to explain the outcomes of regionalisms since 1990. The article analyses three important elements of regionalist mobilisation - the use of historiography, regional economic specificities and intergroup relations. Particular constellations of self-determination claims based on plurinational and multinational principles in the cases of Istria and Vojvodina respectively are the key theoretical contribution of the article. The article also finds that the lack of success of Dalmatian regionalism is largely due to the inability of regionalist parties to address multiple cleavages on the territory of Dalmatia. Reprinted by permission of Fakultet politickih znanosti u Zagrebu