Modern Albania : : From Dictatorship to Democracy in Europe /

Modern Albania : : From Dictatorship to Democracy in Europe / / Fred C. Abrahams.

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In the early 1990s, Albania, arguably Europe’s most closed and repressive state, began a startling transition out of forty years of self-imposed Communist isolation. Albanians who were not allowed to practice religion, travel abroad, wear jeans, or read “decadent” Western literature began to devour...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Abrahams, Fred C.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Map of Albania
  • Map of Tirana
  • Introduction
  • Prologue
  • PART I. OUT OF THE DARK
  • 1. Hoxha’s Heart
  • 2. Fences Fall
  • 3. The System Shakes
  • PART II. BLINDED BY LIGHT
  • 4. Student City
  • 5. A Democratic Party
  • 6. Vote for the Future
  • PART III. RED TO BLUE
  • 7. Rebuild the State
  • 8. One-Party Town
  • 9. The Fall
  • PART IV. BLINDED BY GOLD
  • 10. Profiteers’ Pact
  • 11. Revolt
  • 12. A Horrible End
  • PART V. RETURN TO RED
  • 13. Democracy 2.0
  • 14. Illegal but Necessary
  • 15. A Shot, a Coup
  • PART VI. RED AND BLACK
  • 16. Argument of Force
  • 17. A Formula
  • 18. To War
  • PART VII. BLACK AND BLUE
  • 19. Busts in Our Heads
  • 20. The Doctor Is Back
  • 21. Pendulum Swing
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Sources
  • Index
  • About the Author

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