Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe Volume 35 Issue 4 Article 2 8-2015 Power, Corruption and Dissent: Varieties of Contemporary Croatian Political Catholicism Vjekoslav Perica University of Rijeka, Croatia Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/ree Part of the Catholic Studies Commons, Eastern European Studies Commons, and the Political Science Commons Recommended Citation Perica, Vjekoslav (2015) "Power, Corruption and Dissent: Varieties of Contemporary Croatian Political Catholicism," Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe: Vol. 35 : Iss. 4 , Article 2. Available at: https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/ree/vol35/iss4/2 This Article, Exploration, or Report is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ George Fox University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ George Fox University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. POWER, CORRUPTION AND DISSENT: VARIETIES OF CONTEMPORARY CROATIAN POLITICAL CATHOLICISM1 By Vjekoslav Perica Vjekoslav Perica is professor of world history at the University of Rijeka in Croatia. He received a Ph.D. in History and M.A. in Political Science from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Among his best-known publications are Balkan Idols: Religion and Nationalism in Yugoslav States.(New York: Oxford University Press, 2002); and most recently “Sport and Nationhood. Commemorating Hero Athletes in Post-Yugoslav States.” In Südosteuropa, Vol. 62, H. 1, pp. 50- 66, 2014; and “Religion in the Balkan Wars.” In Oxford Handbooks Online. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015). Dr. Perica is a member of the Board of Advisory Editors of OPREE.