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Flexible exercise of authoritarian power in the Yugoslav communist leadership: A discursive profile of Vladimir Bakarić

This article examines lifelong political activity of Vladimir Bakarić, who was the most powerful member of Croatian Communist leadership and one of the most influential politicans during entire history of socialist Yugoslavia. The author argues that Bakarić's rise to the top communist ranks can be explained by various rare set of skills and education he possesed by virtue of his burgeois upbringing. Nevertheless, non-proletarian roots combined with his famously uncharismatic character prevented him from nearing the leader's position and left him in permanent political dependency. He remained for nearly 40 years loyal subordinate of Josip Broz Tito and his man of confidence for Croatia. Although he never rejected totalitarian and authoritarian practices in principle, his influence can be assesed as moderate, even „liberal“, up untill around 1971. Later he baceme the personifaction of conservative and decying Titoist self- menagement regime.

Vladimir Bakarić ; Croatian history in XX. century ; Josip Broz Tito ; Second World War ; partisan movement ; communism ; socialism ; self-menagement ; one-party regime ; Yugoslav federation ; Croatian nationalism ; Croatian national movement 1971.

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