Democratisation and Institutional Reform in Albania [Hardcover]

Albanias democratic transition  one of the longest and most arduous of post-communist Europe  has failed to produce consolidated institutions. Therefore, this book undertakes the first comprehensive review of Albanias military and judicial reform  from 1992 to 2009  to ascertain why military reform produced substantial institutionalisation and judicial reform did not. The author analyses the different outcomes by outlining how political elites constructed the interests that shaped their subsequent political actions. Overall, this book presents a novel theoretical account for institutionalisation in emerging democracies and sheds light on two of Albanias most important democratisation reforms. The book will appeal to practitioners working on institutionalisation reforms, institutionalist and democratisation researchers interested in post-authoritarian transitions, and area study scholars focusing on Albania and the Western Balkans.

Elvin Gjevori is Lecturer of Politics at the European University of Tirana, Albania. Previously he was a Swedish Institute Research Fellow at Malm? University, Sweden, where he taught International Relations and Development. His research has appeared in Nations and Nationalism, International Peacekeeping, East European Politics, and other academic outlets. 

Albanias democratic transition  one of the longest and most arduous of post-communist Europe  has failed to produce consolidated institutions. Therefore, this book undertakes the first comprehensive review of Albanias military and judicial reform  from 1992 to 2009  to ascertain why military reform produced substantial institutionalisation and judicial reform did not. The author analyses the different outcomes by outlining how political elites constructed the interests that shaped their subsequent political actions. Overall, this book pl