Gender equality is widely accepted by political and institutional actors in Albania and is prominently anchored in the country’s legal framework in line with Albania’s international obligations1 and its efforts towards EU Acquis approximation. Achieving full gender equality at the national level is a human rights issue, closely linked to rule of…[Read more]

The retrospective analysis of the events of 1990-1992, and their treatment today in instruments of collective and institutional memory, proves the thesis that the historical period of breaking with the past and forming the new system is characterized more by the feature of the displacement of elites, of imposition by an urban liberal minority,…[Read more]

In the history of post-communist Albania, there are cases of politicians with unclear records being promoted to senior leadership positions. In a country with a limited democratic tradition, coming from an era of iron dictatorship with a dominating principle of career making based on party loyalty, unconditional service to the leader and…[Read more]

I. Zhvillimi i partive politike në Shqipëri
II. Partitë politike më të rëndësishme në Shqipëri
III. Koalicionet politike në Shqipëri
IV. Ideologjitë e partive në Shqipëri
V. Demokracia brenda-partive në partitë shqiptare
VI. Organizimi i brendshëm i partive shqiptare
VII. Perspektiva të ardhshme e partive shqiptare

Albania is in a new phase of territorial division, a constitutional practice that expresses internal organizational needs and development prospects in the coming years. The concept of territorial division, the criteria for this division, problems and effects of its operation over a century remain an object of study and an important factor to…[Read more]

This study purports to analyse the covert elements of presidentialism in Albania’s political parties. It aims at showing how political leaders are the centrepieces of the system; how Albania’s political parties predominantly serve as only extensions of their authoritarian leaders during election campaign and in the daily political debate. Sti…[Read more]

Political pluralism in Albania came relatively late, in 1990, after a prolonged lack of democratic experience. Consequently, democratic political parties are relatively new institutions created essentially with the knowledge of past non-democratic models. Democratic practices were almost inexistent, so the evolution of political parties towards a…[Read more]

This paper explores the internal democracy of political parties in Albania and their current organizational structure. It examines the evolution of political parties from their creation after communism fall, to the complex functioning structures of today. Political parties in Albania emerged as a new trend in 1991, opposing the single party-state…[Read more]

One of the main features of the communist regime in Albania (1944-1990) was the rule through intimidation and the psychosis of the “enemy at the gates”. Based on the historical documents and public sources information, it can be concluded that the main argument for entering or leaving political alliances, and the transition towards a complete…[Read more]

Whilst there is significant discussion globally on the thesis that the Coronavirus is emboldening autocrats the world over through vastly expanded emergency powers, extraordinary measures and reliance on enforcement rather than on expendable democratic subtleties, this paper focuses on the particular case of Albania to show that even though the…[Read more]

Albania stands out amongst former Eastern Bloc countries for most actively experimenting with almost all forms of parliamentary boycott. The Albanian way of resorting to boycotting is related to a host of widely unaddressed deficiencies and gaps in its democratic mindset, embodied in an endemic culture of permanent political confrontation between…[Read more]

Over the 27 years of transition of Albania from a closed society to an open and democratic country, the nature of protests and social movements has been mostly sporadic, largely dominated by its (bad) political use, and by protests directed against allegedly abusive investment of foreign capital in Albania. The motives behind these particular…[Read more]

In July 1990, about 5,000 Albanian citizens broke into foreign embassies in Tirana, mainly those of the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy and France, in a desperate attempt to leave Albania. This was the largest exodus since 1945 and the first case of a mass movement of citizens against the policies of the communist regime. The “occupation” of…[Read more]

Artikulli analizon qëndrimet e institucioneve zyrtare, – parlamentit, qeverisë, partive politike, – si dhe të instrumenteve të tjerë me ndikim, – medias dhe grupeve civile, – ndikimet e lëvizjes studentore të Prishtinës në agjendat politike, në ligjërimin politik dhe në sjelljen politike në Tiranë. Teza dominuese është se, protestat stude…[Read more]