TFL Vsebine / Revija Javna uprava

V prispevku je prikazan razvoj teritorialnega obsega občin na območju nekdanje Jugoslavije v obdobju od konca 19. stoletja do danes. Avtor prikaže zgodovinski okvir, v katerem je nastala Jugoslavija in pojasni razloge za drastično zmanjšanje števila občin v petdesetih letih 20. stoletja. Ugotavlja, da je bil razvoj po razpadu SFRJ različen. Nekatere države so teritorialno strukturo močno razdrobile, druge so jo ohranile skoraj nespremenjeno, tretje pa so šle po vmesni poti. Razlogi za tak razvoj so različni, za nadaljnje raziskovanje pa ostaja na voljo nekaj vprašanj, na primer ali je mogoče teritorialne spremembe po razpadu SFRJ povezati z »vstajenjem« predvojnih sistemov lokalne samouprave ali ne in vprašanje, kakšen je vpliv monitoringa Evropske listine lokalne samouprave na število in obseg občin na tem območju.

The author presents the development of the number and size of municipalities in the former Yugoslavia in the period from the end of the 19th century, until today. The author presents the historical framework in which Yugoslavia was formed and explains the reasons for the drastic reduction in the number of municipalities in the 1950s. He notes that the development after the disintegration of the SFRY was different. Some countries have severely fragmented the territorial structure, others have kept it almost unchanged, and still others took an intermediate path. The reasons for such a development are different. There are several questions for further research, e.g. whether territorial changes after the disintegration of the SFRY can be linked to the “rise” of pre-war local self-government systems or not, and the question of the impact of moni- toring the European Charter of Local Self-Government on the number and size of municipalities in the region.

The History of Number and Size of Municipalities in the Former Yugoslavia