A Sociological View on Migration Phenomena and Democratization Process in Post Communist Albanian Society

Authors : Matilda Likaj SHAQIRI

Pages : 221-232

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Publication Date : 2015-01-19

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The collapse of communist regime in Balkan brought significant politically, economically and socio-culturally drastically changes. Albania was one of the countries touched by these changes, which engaged internationally after establishing a democratic political system. Democratization process brought out many transitions in society because it appeared as very complex process that ended with consolidation of an anomic democratic governing system. The effective implementation of the new democratic constitutions and policies required changes in the economic, social and political transformations, including also the migration flows in and out of Albania. Democratization process helped Albanian society to be ‘open border’ toward all countries in the world, especially toward Western ones, during 1990’s. This phenomena was quite new for Albanian society. Also the lack of the established democratization process may be defined as a push factor of migration flows. The main aim of this article is to determine the migration phenomena during the democratization process in post communist Albanian society. Another aim is to analyze the anomic situation of democratization process as a push factor of migration flows in and outside the Albania.
Keywords : Albanian Society, Democratization Process, Migration Phenomena, Post Communist Period