Albania’s Transformation since 1997: Successes and Failures

What is it about?

In 1997 Albania experienced a collapse of order. Some of the political and economic structures, in the aftermath of the 1997 events, disappeared and others, including their structural effects, persist and have had an impact on the country’s political stability and economic progress. Today, both the successes and failures of the country are assessed based on the progress that the country has made since the 1997 events. The paper analyses the 1997 events and the transformation of Albania’s political and economic structures between 1997 and 2016.

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Why is it important?

Although a lot has been written concerning the 1997 events in Albania, very little analysis has been conducted concerning what it means from the perspective of research on state failure. In this context, the proposed paper seeks to offer Albania as a case study example of a transformation process. The belief is that the proposed paper will point to some lessons learned for the strategies directed at the transformation processes.

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