Globalization and Albanian Civil Society during the Democratization Process

• Author: Gilda Hoxha
• Position: University of Tirana, SI Scholarships for the Western Balkans for PhD studies and postdoctoral research, The Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES), Södertörn University
• Pages: 55-63

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Title: Globalization and Albanian Civil Societ

y

during the Democratization

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or the Western Balkan

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or PhD studies and postdoctoral researc

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he Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES),

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ödertörn

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niversity

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The present analysis is part of research on

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lbanian civil society in democratization process.

This paper aims to identify the role of civil society on political behavior in

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lbanian case.

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n

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context marked by the goals of civil society the principal aims are to examine how Civil

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ociety in

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lbania is involved during the ‘transition’ and their in

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uence on political behavior.

The features of

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lbanian civil society will be also treated in this paper, followed by focusing

on the main idea: "How globalization has in

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uenced the philosophy and organization o

f

Civil

S

ociety in

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lbania?". Normally, the role of Civil Society is to play a ‘tutoring’ role in building

a

democratic society.

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nalyzing Civil Society in

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lbania, one can easily note that the way civil

s

ociety work\act and cooperate with di erent factors as f‌i nancial, human and technical, a ect

t

he birth on extreme movements and extreme or

g

anization

.

This paper will be based on qualitative research methods. For analytic purposes, the discussion

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s organized in two main parts. The f‌i rst part, examines theoretical part and focusing on key

i

ssues that relate government, society, NG

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on decision making and political behavior. The

s

econd part examines

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lbanian civil society and its product during ‘transition’ in reference

with the

f‌i

rst normative part

.

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e

y

words

:

Globalization, Civil Society, Governance, Protest,

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lbania

.

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ntr

odu

ct

io

n

T

he aim o

f

this

p

a

p

er is to

p

rovide the global e



ect in relationshi

p

s between societies.

T

oda

y

societies seem to live in globalization

p

henomenon.

I

n a general overview

th

e controvers

y

over g

l

o

b

a

l

ization seems to

b

e, w

h

en it comes to a sim

pl

e ana

ly

sis

on civil societ

y

. With globalization we can re

f

er to a

p

rocess or a variet

y

o

f

p

rojects

(Hame

l

& Lustinger, 2001,

p

. 20).

O

r we can sa

y

t

h

at g

l

o

b

a

l

ization is a

p

rocess (or set

o

f

p

rocesses) which embodies a trans

f

ormation in the s

p

atial organization o

f

social

r

elations and transactions assessed in terms o

f

their extensit

y

, intensit

y

, velocit

y

and

i

m

p

act generating transcontinental or interregional

f‌l

ows and networks o

f

activit

y

,

i

nteraction, and the exercise o

f

p

ower (Giddens, 1991,

p

. 75)

.

O

t

h

ers researc

h

ers see g

l

o

b

a

l

ization as a

p

rocess

by

w

h

ic

h

t

h

e wor

ld

is interconnecte

d

t

hrough technolog

y

and robust in

f

rastructure, so communication and resource

o

f

management. Globalization seems to be addressed a living

p

henomenon that

p

rovides two main com

p

onents. First, the

y

o

p

erate across national borders and