A COMMUNITY IN TRANSITION AS A SAMPLE EXAMPLE (CONSEQUENCE) OF POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEMOCRATIZATION PROCESSES IN CROATIA

The article is a discussion about the representativeness of events in a small Dalmatian, Croatian community as example and explanation of la rger aspects of Croatian society as well as a discussion about whether the author can claim authority to discuss the events. The selected ob servations by the author, events of national expression, religious obs ervances, and the placing of refugees in the community do have explana tive symbolic value for further understanding of a ''thick'' cultural situation.