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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ss
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h
D
(
C.
)
Gi
ld
a Hox
ha
U
niversity o
f
Tirana
S
I
Scholarships
f
or the Western Balkan
s
f
or PhD studies and postdoctoral researc
h
T
he Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES),
S
ödertörn
U
niversity
Ab
str
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ct
The present analysis is part of research on
A
lbanian civil society in democratization process.
This paper aims to identify the role of civil society on political behavior in
A
lbanian case.
I
n
a
context marked by the goals of civil society the principal aims are to examine how Civil
S
ociety in
A
lbania is involved during the ‘transition’ and their in
fl
uence on political behavior.
The features of
A
lbanian civil society will be also treated in this paper, followed by focusing
on the main idea: "How globalization has in
fl
uenced the philosophy and organization o
f
Civil
S
ociety in
A
lbania?". Normally, the role of Civil Society is to play a ‘tutoring’ role in building
a
democratic society.
A
nalyzing Civil Society in
A
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
i
s organized in two main parts. The fi rst part, examines theoretical part and focusing on key
i
ssues that relate government, society, NG
O
on decision making and political behavior. The
s
econd part examines
A
lbanian civil society and its product during ‘transition’ in reference
with the
fi
rst normative part
.
K
e
y
words
:
Globalization, Civil Society, Governance, Protest,
A
lbania
.
I
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
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