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Prispevki za novejšo zgodovino

This work by Jelka Piškurić is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
The article uses the example of the municipality of Ljubljana Vič - Rudnik to illustrate the development of the self-imposed contribution mechanism and its role in the process of socialist modernisation. Self-imposed contributions were time-limited levies addressing com-mon local needs, most often infrastructure development. They were first regulated in the 1940s by a special decree and later governed by tax regulations, while in 1973, the Self-Imposed Contributions Act was adopted. Self-imposed contributions gradually evolved from a mechanism for underdeveloped rural communities to one of the crucial financial sources for the construction of public infrastructure. This mechanism lost its role in the mid-1980s due to the growing economic crisis and continuing difficulties with the implementation of projects funded this way. In rural areas, where participation of the population was essential for the development of infrastructure throughout the socialist period, it nevertheless persisted until the end of socialism.