RTV Theory and Practice - Special Issue

the less developed - and in this sense can constitute a form of cultural monopolism. What is involved is that kind of cooperation amongst the cultures of the Yugoslav nations and nationalities that evinces cultural, social and intellectual sohdarity and full equality, that assures respect for the independence of the national cultures, builds mutual confidence which gives rise to the intenveaving of the cultures and the emergence of new values. The successful functioning of the above model of radio communication between cultures in socialist self-management society depends on a number of factors, of which several deserve particular mention: First Equality and solidarity of the nations and nationaUties in Yugoslavia are founded on the socialist self-management production relations Accordingly, socialist self-management is not just a new social relation and the foundation of national equality, but is also a value specific to the cultures and creative expression of each of the nations and nationaUties. The nature of our federalism, with the republic’s (and province’s) right and daty to ensure expression, through the delegate system, of all the vital, and hence the cultural, interests of the nations and nationalities in the Federation, also determines the character and mode of cultural communication between the nations and nationalities both inside the republics and provinces, and within the Federation. The heterogeneous forms of inter-republican provincial cultural cooperation - including cooperation between central radio stations аге an expression of this kind of cultural communication, increasingly based on self-management agreements and compacts. This manner of cooperation and interlinking excludes haphazardness, exaggerated declarativeness, private arrangements and manipulation through personal influence and standing. Second. Cooperation between the cultures of the nations and nationalities both inside each republic and province, and in Yugoslavia as a whole, is inconceivable without the continuous development and promotion of creative freedom in all spheres of cultural-intellectual activity.