Just published: Ivana Horbec, Prema modernoj državi (Towards a Modern State)
In December 2018, Croatian Institute of History published a book on administration and politics in the Kingdoms of Croatia and Slavonia in the 18th century:
Ivana Horbec, Prema modernoj državi. Uprava i politika u Banskoj Hrvatskoj 18. stoljeća. Zagreb 2018.
Summary:
Reforms and regulations implemented in the Kingdoms of Croatia and Slavonia and in the Monarchy as a whole marked the 18th century as a crucial period for the emergence of state structures in these regions. They laid foundations for a modern understanding of state as an abstract power. This state mechanism, this “protomodern” administration that appeared as a framework for public political action, is the cornerstone for the development of the state as we know it today
Table of Contents:
FOREWORD ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9
INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 11
FRAMEWORKS AND CONCEPT ………………………………………………………………… 16
STRUCTURE …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 19
SOURCES …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 23
TERMINOLOGY ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 29
DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOMODERN STATE STRUCTURES …………………… 35
18TH CENTURY “STATE” ………………………………………………………………………………….. 36
FROM CENTRAL TO LOCAL ADMINISTRATION ……………………………. 67
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS IN CROATIA AND SLAVONIA IN THE 18TH CENTURY ……………….. 82
Separation of Administration from Legislation ……………………………….. 82
The Importance of Local Administration: Reforms of County Organisation …………………….. 90
FROM A “FISCAL STATE” TO A “WELFARE STATE” ………………… 119
FISCAL MOTIVES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS …………………… 120
Tax System of the Habsburg Monarchy …………………………………….. 124
Fiscal Motives for Administrative Reforms in Croatia and Slavonia ……….. 131
CROATIA AND SLAVONIA IN ECONOMIC PLANS OF THE IMPERIAL COURT IN VIENNA ……. 159
Laying an Institutional Foundation for Economic Policy ……………. 163
Administration and the Economy in Croatia and Slavonia ……….. 170
SOCIAL ROLE OF “THE WELFARE STATE” ……………………………………. 191
MISERA PLEBS CONTRIBUENS IN PUBLIC POLITICS ……………………. 193
DEVELOPMENT OF STATE EDUCATION SYSTEM …………………………… 205
HEALTH AS “HAPPINESS” ………………………………………………………………. 226
THE ESTATES – RIVALS AND PARTNERS ………………………………………. 253
CROATIA AND SLAVONIA AND THE IMPERIAL COURT IN VIENNA: MODELS OF PARTICIPATION IN POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING …………………………………………… 256
HUNGARIAN AND CROATIAN-SLAVONIAN ESTATES AS POUVOIRS INTERMÉDIAIRES ……… 274
DEFICITI RANONOVOVJEKOVNE POLITIČKE UPRAVE U BANSKOJ HRVATSKOJ ………… 286
DEFICITS OF POLITICAL ADMINISTRATION IN CROATIA AND SLAVONIA IN THE EARLY MODERN AGE ………………………………… 299
ROOTS OF CONFLICTS: “REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES” AND UTILITAS …………… 307
TOWARDS A NEW ADMINISTRATIVE ELITE …………………………….. 321
A PARALLEL WORLD OF THE KING’S OFFICALS: COMMISSIONS AND “HUNGARIAN” ADVISORS …………………………….. 324
NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC SERVICES …………………………………. 335
FORMATION OF “LOYAL” SERVANTS AND “USEFUL” CITIZENS .. 363
THE RULER AND HIS NOBILITY: ATTRACTING NOBILITY TO THE IMPERIAL COURT …….. 383
BETWEEN THE ESTATES STRUCTURES AND PROTOMODERN ADMINISTRATION: PUBLIC OFFICES IN CROATIA AND SLAVONIA ……………………………………………………………………… 394
The King and the Officials of the Estates: the Croatian Ban and Great Župans (County Prefects) …………………………………………………….. 394
The Central Royal Offices in Croatia and Slavonia ……………………….. 417
Offices in Counties …………………………………………………………………………………………. 428
New Offices of (Enlightened) Absolutism ……………………………………………. 434
THE STATE AS AN ORGANISM ………………………………………………………………… 455
STAATENKUNDE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATISTICS …. 458
DIKASTERIJ: AN INSTITUTION OF A MODERN STATE ……………….. 468
THE VOICE OF ADMINISTRATION ………………………………………………………….. 486
UTILITAS AS A LEITMOTIF OF AN ENLIGHTENED STATE ADMINISTRATION ………………… 495
CONCLUSION …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 499
SOURCES AND LITERATURE …………………………………………………………………… 511
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS …………………………………………………………………………….. 573
INDEX OF NAMES ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 575
SUMMARY …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 587