"Croatia since Independence: Politics, Society, Foreign Relations" shows the tremendous changes that have taken place in Croatia and within its international position in the periods of its war of independence, the years of Franjo Tudjman's autocratic rule and the following opening towards Europe after 2000. The ongoing social and political 'Europeanization' has turned Croatia into the serious aspirant to EU-membership it is by now, and still existing problems as well as good prospects to this aspiration are transparently analyzed throughout the book. I - INTRODUCTION 1. Challenges facing Croatia since Independence (An Introduction) - Sabrina P. Ramet, Marius Soberg 2. Politics in Croatia since 1990 - Sabrina P. Ramet 3. Franjo Tudjman: An Intellectual in Politics - James J. Sadkovich II - THE LEGACY OF THE WAR 4. The Rise and Fall of the Republic of Serb Krajina (1990-95) - Nikica Baric 5. Croatia's Discourse about the Past and Some Problems of Croatian-Bosnian Understanding - Dunja Melcic 6. Croatia's Serbs Ten Years after the End of the War - Carolin Leutlofff-Grandits III - POLITICS AND ECONOMICS 7. Political Culture, Socio-Cultural Values and Democratic Consolidation in Croatia - Davorka Matic 8. Civil-Military Relations in Croatia, 1990-2005 - Reneo Lukic 9. The Impact of the War on the Economy - Bruno Schönfelder IV - SOCIETY AND CULTURE 10. Non-Nationalist Culture, Under ad Above the Ground - Gordana P. Crnkovic 11. The Catholic Church and its Role in Politics and Society - Thomas Bremer 12. Contemporary Croatian Literature: Under the Star of Orwell - Gordana P. Crnkovic 13. Gay Men and Lesbians - Dean Vuletic 14. Mutual Aid, Anti-Authoritarianism, and Dumpster Diving: Anarchist Activism in Croatia since 2000 - Maple Razsa V - FOREIGN RELATIONS 15. American-Croatian Relations during the 1990s - Jean-François Morel 16. Gaining Power and Status through Engagement and Diplomacy: The Croatia Policy of United Germany - Konrad Clewing 17. Britain's relations with Croatia: A study in active diplomacy - Carole Hodge 18. Croatia´s relations with the Union of Serbia and Montenegro - Reneo Lukic 19. Better the Grave than a Slave: Croatia and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia - Vjeran Pavlakovic