Name: Albania: From Anarchy to Balkan Identity
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Author: Miranda Vickers; James Pettifer
ISBN: 9780814787953

portada Albania: From Anarchy to Balkan Identity

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Nyu Press

Author

Miranda Vickers; James Pettifer

Year

1997

Language

English

Pages

336

Format

Hardcover

ISBN

0814787959

ISBN13

9780814787953

Synopsis "Albania: From Anarchy to Balkan Identity"

Situated between Greece on the south, the former Yugoslavia on the north and east, and the Adriatic Sea on the west, Albania is the country the world forgot. Throughout this century, Albania has been perceived as primitive and isolationist by its neighbors to the west. When the country ended fifty years of communist rule in 1992, few outsiders took interest. Deemed unworthy of membership in the European Union and overlooked by multinational corporations, Albania stands today as one of the poorest and most ignored countries in Europe. Miranda Vickers and James Pettifer take us behind the veil of former President Enver Hoxha's isolationist policies to examine the historic events leading up to Albania's transition to a parliamentary government. Beginning with Hoxha's death in 1985, Albania traces the last decade of Albania's shaky existence, from the anarchy and chaos of the early nineties to the victory of the Democratic Alliance in 1992 and the programs of the current government. The authors provide us with an analysis of how the moral, religious, economic, political and cultural identity of the Albanian people is being redefined, and leave no question that the future of Albania is inextricably linked to the future of the Balkans as a whole. In short, they tell us why Albania matters.