ISSUES ON POLITICAL TRANSITION IN ALBANIA
Journal Title: Challenges of the knowledge society ( Provocari ale societatii cunoasterii ) - Year 2019, Vol 11, Issue 13
Abstract
Like every other Central and Eastern European country, Albania overthrew the communist dictatorship in 1990 and went on building a democratic country. The Albanian transition period towards democracy was multiple: political transition – from a party - state to political pluralism; economic transition – from centralized to market economy; social transition – from a closed and controlled to a free society; national safety transition – from isolated to a country working towards the European integration. It came out to be a long, difficult process with many ups and downs. Despite deep changes and obvious achievements in every aspect of life, there is still work to be done. This study aims to describe and analyze the democratic processes in Albania and its accompanying issues, determining as main objectives: the analysis of the establishment of the rule of law in Albania, political polarization, election issues and political debate. The study relies upon archive sources of Albanian and European institutions such as: The European Commission, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Venice Commission, the Albanian Parliament, the press, scientific surveys and monographs of Albanian and foreign researchers. The methodology of the study is concentrated on descriptive, analyzing and comparative method of democratic processes in Albania as compared to those in the Balkans and Central and Eastern Europe. The expected results of this paper are the identification of difficulties hindering the democratic processes in Albania.
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Adelina NEXHIPI
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