Former Yugoslav countries in the Balkan context and differences in their economic development

Zoran  Stiperski; Jelena  Lončar

doi:10.18690/rg.3.1.3133

Zoran Stiperski Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
Jelena Lončar Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18690/rg.3.1.3133

Keywords: Balkan, former Yugoslavia, former Yugoslav countries, differences in development

Abstract

In this article we will talk about the perception of Balkan, how the people who lives there and people from the West see it and how it become that Balkan have so negative connotations. Also we will present how the former Yugoslav countries, as once a part of Balkan, has the different economic growth which exsisted and still exist between those countries. We will try to explain why some of them economically gone very far and others are still falling behind.

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Author Biographies

Zoran Stiperski, Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

Zagreb, Croatia. E-mail: zstiper@geog.pmf.hr.

Jelena Lončar, Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

Zagreb, Croatia. E-mail: jloncar@geog.pmf.hr.

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