Albania and the European Union: The Tumultuous Journey Towards Integration and AccessionBloomsbury Publishing, 23 փտվ, 2007 թ. - 200 էջ When will Albania join the EU? Will accession help Albania to achieve prosperity, stability and prosperity? And, what factors are helping it towards this end and what factors are holding it back? An original study of Albania and its relations with the EU, this is the first book to identify and analyse the problems of the country as it moves towards membership of the Union. It explores the political, economic and social transformations needed to make Albanian membership possible. The authors highlight the enormous democratic changes that have occurred in post-communist Albania, as well as the many obstacles that still remain. This balanced and objective assessment will be an essential resource for everyone interested in the history and future of the Balkans and the EU. |
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At the crossroads between communism and democracy | 21 |
Political and socioeconomic situation of Albania How far is Albania from meeting the Copenhagen criteria? | 36 |
4 EU membership prospective for the countries of Western Balkans and Albania | 87 |
Albanian political parties and their attitude towards the EU | 122 |
Serious barriers to EU membership | 148 |
7 Policy making in Albania | 163 |
8 The role of the elite and the domestic actors | 170 |
9 Local government and decentralization | 195 |
How have they contributed to domestic reforms and development? | 209 |
11 The impact of external factors on Albanian politics and policies | 219 |
Conclusions | 239 |
Endnotes | 249 |
Bibliography | 259 |
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accession achieve actors agreement Albanian government Albanian political areas argues assistance become Berisha candidates CEE countries cent central challenges civil society communist cooperation Copenhagen criteria corruption coun Council of Europe country’s criminal Croatia culture decision-making Democratic Party domestic economic elections electoral enlargement Enver Hoxha especially ethnic European Commission European integration European Union Fatos Nano firstly functioning Greater Albania Greece groups Hoxha human rights implementation important independence institutions issue join Kosovo lack leaders leadership legislation liberal democracy Macedonia mafia mainly market economy membership ment Montenegro Muslim Nano nation-state negotiations officials organized crime parliament policy-making political class political elite political parties politicians population problems programme progress pyramid schemes reforms region result role rule of law sector Serbia social Socialist stability structures tion Tirana trade trafficking transition Western Balkan countries Western Balkans Yugoslavia