Editing Croatian Spring (section)

===Economic crisis===
[[File:SocialistYugoslavia en.svg|thumb|300px|After [[World War II]], [[Socialist Republic of Croatia|Croatia]] was one of six republics within [[Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia|federal Yugoslavia]].|alt=Political map of six republics comprising the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]
In the early 1960s, the [[Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia]] was a [[federation]] according to [[1946 Yugoslav Constitution|its constitution]] (comprising the people's republics of [[Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Socialist Republic of Croatia|Croatia]], [[Socialist Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Socialist Republic of Montenegro|Montenegro]], [[Socialist Republic of Serbia|Serbia]], and [[Socialist Republic of Slovenia|Slovenia]]), but ''[[de facto]]'' operated as a [[centralised state]]. The Yugoslav economy was in [[recession]], prompting economic reforms, which were hastily implemented and proved ineffective. By 1962, the country's economic difficulties worsened, prompting debate on the foundations of the economic system.{{sfn|Ramet|2006|pp=212–214}} In March 1962, President [[Josip Broz Tito]] convened the extended [[central committee]] of the country's ruling party, the [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia]] (SKJ), to discuss the role of the SKJ and the relationship between the central government and the constituent republics. The meeting exposed a clash between [[Serb]]s, openly supported by a Serb [[Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia|deputy prime minister]] [[Aleksandar Ranković]], and [[Slovenes|Slovene]] members of the body, particularly [[Miha Marinko]] and [[Sergej Kraigher]], cautiously supported by Slovene deputy prime minister [[Edvard Kardelj]]. The Slovene delegation advocated for devolving power and authority to the constituent republics. The Serb delegation sought to preserve the central government's monopoly on decision-making and the distribution of tax revenue to less-developed republics. As it was less developed than [[Socialist Republic of Slovenia|PR Slovenia]] and PR Croatia, PR Serbia would have benefited from such an arrangement.{{sfn|Flere|Rutar|2019|pp=90–95}} In 1963, [[1963 Yugoslav Constitution|a new constitution]] was adopted, granting additional powers to the republics,{{sfn|Ramet|2006|p=208}} and the [[8th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia|8th Congress of the SKJ]] expanded the powers of the SKJ branches the following year.{{sfn|Štiks|2015|pp=92–93}}