Albania (with new Postscript): From Anarchy to Balkan Identity / Edition 2

by Miranda Vickers, James Pettifer

Overview

WITH A NEW POSTSCRIPT
Situated between Greece on the south, the former Yugoslavia on the north and east, and the Adriatic Sea on the west, Albania is the country the world forgot.
Throughout this century, Albania has been perceived as primitive and isolationist by its neighbors to the west. When the country ended fifty years of communist rule in 1992, few outsiders took interest. Deemed unworthy of membership in the European Union and overlooked by multinational corporations, Albania stands today as one of the poorest and most ignored countries in Europe.
Miranda Vickers and James Pettifer take us behind the veil of former President Enver Hoxha's isolationist policies to examine the historic events leading up to Albania's transition to a parliamentary government. Beginning with Hoxha's death in 1985, Albania traces the last decade of Albania's shaky existence, from the anarchy and chaos of the early nineties to the victory of the Democratic Alliance in 1992 and the programs of the current government. The authors provide us with an analysis of how the moral, religious, economic, political and cultural identity of the Albanian people is being redefined, and leave no question that the future of Albania is inextricably linked to the future of the Balkans as a whole. In short, they tell us why Albania matters.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814788059
Publisher:	New York University Press
Publication date:	03/01/2000
Edition description:	2ND ED..
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.77(d)

About the Author

Author of The Albanians: A Modern History, MIRANDA VICKERS is an historian of the Balkans and a regular contributor to newspapers and periodicals on Albanian affairs.

JAMES PETTIFER is Visiting Professor at the Institute of Balkan Studies at the University of Thessaloniki, and author of The Greeks: Land and People since the War and other books.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Excellent."

-Tim Judah,The Economist

"An authoritative account of Albania's turbulent history since the death in 1985 of Enver Hoxha."

-Nigel Clive,The Spectator

"[The authors] are to be congratulated on the objective way in which they have presented the Albanian history of the last ten years."

-Tom Winnifrith ,Times Literary Supplement

Editorial Reviews

"[The authors] are to be congratulated on the objective way in which they have presented the Albanian history of the last ten years."

Times Literary Supplement - Tom Winnifrith

"Excellent."

The Economist - Tim Judah

"An authoritative account of Albania's turbulent history since the death in 1985 of Enver Hoxha."

The Spectator - Nigel Clive

"Excellent."

-Tim Judah,The Economist

"An authoritative account of Albania's turbulent history since the death in 1985 of Enver Hoxha."

-Nigel Clive,The Spectator

"[The authors] are to be congratulated on the objective way in which they have presented the Albanian history of the last ten years."

-Tom Winnifrith ,Times Literary Supplement

From the Publisher