INTRODUCTIONChapter 1: Croatia's post-communist transition experience: the paradox of initial advantage turning into a middle-income trap Zdravko Petak and Kristijan Kotarski

FIRST PART: POLICY-MAKING PROCESS IN THE NEWEST EU MEMBER STATE Chapter 2: Policy-making context and challenges of governance in Croatia Zdravko Petak

Chapter 3: The Europeization of Croatian Political SystemHrvoje Špehar and Ivan Pepic Chapter 4: Political attention of Croatian governments 1990-2015Daniela Širinic Chapter 5: Interest groups in the policy making process in CroatiaIgor Vidacak and Kristijan Kotarski

Chapter 6: Political economy of corruption, clientelism and vote-buying in Croatian local governmentVuk Vukovic

SECOND PART: CROATIAN POLITICAL ECONOMY Chapter 7: Long-term trends in Croatian GDP growth

Anita Ceh Casni, Petra Palic and Maruška Vizek

Chapter 8: Monetary policy in a highly euroized economyKristijan Kotarski and Marina Tkalec

Chapter 9: Fiscal policy and European Semester in Croatia: why should we focus on public debt? Hrvoje Šimovic and Milan Deskar-Škrbic

Chapter 10: Banking regulation in Croatia: qualitative and quantitative assessment Milan Deskar Škrbic, Kristijan Kotarski and Luka Brkic

Chapter 11: Competitiveness of Croatian economy: the comparison of private and public sector enterprisesVelimir Šonje

THIRD PART: SECTORAL PUBLIC POLICIESChapter 12: Croatian pension system and challenges of pension policy

Predrag Bejakovic

Chapter 13: Health policy in Croatia: a case of free fallingDagmar Radin Chapter 14: Education policy in CroatiaTihomir Žiljak and Nikola Baketa Chapter 15: Cohesion policy in Croatia: what have we accomplished so far?Sanja Malekovic, Jakša Puljiz and Ivana Keser

Chapter 16: Features of Croatian public policies Ana Petek CONCLUSIONChapter 17: Quo vadis Croatia? The interplay of institutions, interests and ideasZdravko Petak and Kristijan Kotarski