Three types of underdeveloped communities in Croatia: Latent, collapsed, and disorganized communities

Ana Opačić

Community Development, 2020, vol. 51, issue 5, 575-592

Abstract: Article proposes a typology of underdeveloped communities in Croatia based on types ofsocial change and dimensions of the community. The research isdesigned as a cross-case analysis with seven municipalities 10 represented by 29 experts in total. Three types of underdeveloped communities are recognized: latent communities have solid social fabric but do not have mobilized formal structures and are facing inertia as a type of social change; collapsed communities that have low capacity to handle incremental social changes or transitions; and disorganized communities that have faced dramatic social change and certain catastrophic events, have their structurere shaped, and struggle to organize a new community on the grounds of previous one. A common pattern that emerged between the cases is a lack of adequate community response to specific social change. All of these communities had difficulties in managinge conomic transition in early 90’s and significant demographic changes reshaped existing lifestyles.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2020.1807580

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