The chief of the Voice of America's Albanian Service since 1986 charts the country's transition from one-party to multiparty politics and from a command to a market economy from unpromising beginnings in 1989 to the uprisings and elections after the collapse of a pyramid fraud impoverished many in early 1997. He also explores what the landslide victory at those elections of the opposition Socialist Party might mean for Albanians living in Kosova and in Greece and for the future of democratic elections. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
In Albania in Transition, Elez Biberaj provides a comprehensive political profile of Albania since 1989. He charts Albanias transition from one party to many, from a command economy to a market economy, and its transition to a national security state in an unpredictable, postCold War international security regime.
In early 1997, Albanias transition to democracy suffered a serious setback when pyramid schemes sparked violent unrest, plunging the country into its worst political and economic crisis since the downfall of communism. The uprisings and subsequent elections, in which the Socialist Party won a landslide victory, have made front-page news in the international community. And Albanias proximity to the Yugoslavian melee and history of extreme radical communism make it a nation to watch.In Albania in Transition, Elez Biberaj provides a comprehensive political profile of Albania since 1989. He charts Albanias transition from one party to many, from a command economy to a market economy, and its transition to a national security state in an unpredictable, postCold War international security regime.
