258 KB0 KB2020Haček, Miroletnik:13številka:2str. 86-98ISSN:1338-1385COBISSID_HOST:17693955URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-8DBJ4XYZenAlma Mater Europea-European Centre Maribor (AMEU-ECM)Center for Analysis of Administrative-Political Processes and InstitutionsDepartment of Political ScienceJournal of comparative politicsAutonomyAvtonomijaFinanceLocal self-governmentLokalna samoupravaFinancial autonomy of the Slovenian local government|Slovenia is one of the very few countries in the European Union with a single tier local government system, and while levels of local democracy have been on the rise since gaining independence in 1991, relations between the state on the one side and local governments (municipalities) on the other has slowly deteriorated, especially over the questions of municipal competencies and financing of local communities. While Slovenia ratified the European Charter on Local Self-Government (ECLG) in 1996, the charter was never fully implemented, as the subsidiarity principle was never fully implemented. The paper is analysing the issue of local autonomy with an emphasis on the financial autonomy, using primary and secondary sources as well as empirical data from national and local authoritiesTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaUniverza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za družbene vede