Beyond administrative borders, the Constitution codified the ideological pillar of Socialist Self-Management
The constitution created an 8-member Presidency (one from each republic and autonomous province) plus the President of the League of Communists (Tito) as President of the Presidency. After Tito’s death, the position would rotate annually. ustav sfrj 1974 pdf
It redefined Yugoslavia as a "state commonwealth" of voluntarily united peoples, granting republics extensive sovereignty and leaving the federation with only specific, transferred powers. Beyond administrative borders
The previous constitution of 1963 had attempted to liberalize the system, but it led to nationalistic movements, most notably the "Croatian Spring" (Maspok) and reformist movements in Serbia and Slovenia. Tito needed a document that would: but it led to nationalistic movements