Albania in transition : the rocky road to democracy /: the rocky road to democracy. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Elez Biberaj.
• Authors: Biberaj, Elez
• Contents: List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword / Robin Alison Remington -- Introduction -- Albania in geographical and historical context -- Physical and human geography -- Historical influences -- Communist rule -- Albania in the 1980s: still the "odd man out -- The demise of communism -- Embassy crisis -- The end of the one-party system -- The rise of opposition parties -- Legacies of communism -- The transition begins: Communists cling to power -- The APL's two steps back: too little, too late -- Conservative Communists' last stand -- The 1991 elections: the Communists' Pyrrhic victory -- The road to democratic victory -- The coalition government -- The 1992 elections: the Democratic victory -- The transfer of power -- The Democratic Party in power (1992-1996) -- A daunting agenda -- Political tribulations -- Designing a new constitutional order -- The constitutional conundrum -- Economic and social transformation (1992-1996) -- Macroeconomic stabilization -- Economic performance -- Social developments -- Towards a civil society -- Foreign policy and the national question -- Security concerns and military reforms -- Relations with the United States -- Relations with Western Europe and other regions -- Relations with Western Europe and other regions -- The Albanian national question -- The party system and the 1996 elections -- Volatile party system -- The 1996 elections -- Political fallout -- Albania in turmoil -- Post -1996 election developments -- The politics of democratic breakdown -- The 1997 elections: Albania's second chance -- Conclusion -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (396 pages)
• Subjects: 320.94965/09049; Democracy -- Albania; Democratization -- Albania; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General; Democracy; Democratization; Politics and government; Albania -- Politics and government -- 1990-; Albania; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429502415; 0429502419; 9780429982040; 0429982046; 9780429970962; 9780429993121; 0429993129
• Related ISBNs: 9780813335025; 042997096X; 9780367314446; 9780813336886
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor supplied metadata.
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