Albania is still one of the poorest countries in Europe, with a tormented history characterised by foreign impositions and important internal contradictions and struggles. Its level of development and the respect for social and political rights still lag far behind what a society with a proper order requires. Yet the struggles of the subordinate classes and common people through history have achieved some advances in terms of social emancipation.
This book is aimed at critically analysing the contemporary history of Albania’s social formation, from its inception in the early 1990s on the ruins of bureaucratic socialism, whose impact and legacy is still important if we want to understand what is happening in the country nowadays.
Sofokli Meksi is a lecturer in Political Science at the University of Tirana. PhD studies on the relationship between society and the Stalinist party apparatus in Albania in the 60s. Research interests: History of Capitalism; Contemporary History; Political economy, Stalinism.
Arlind Qori is an activist at the left-wing Organizata Politike in Albania. He also teaches at the University of Tirana on subjects such as political philosophy and critique of ideology.
