Modern Populism in Albania
| Author | Idva Cela |
| Position | University of Tirana |
| Pages | 111-118 |
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P
opulism has been one of the most interesting areas in political science studies. This concept
has nowadays been one of the most important issue in debates involving the
E
uropean
U
nion
a
nd the
U
S and as such, has a ected our country as well. The political system in
A
lbania, and
e
specially the party system, a er the communist system, is a multi-party system, which seems
to have quenched every person's thirst for representation.
I
n the last 30 years of the democratic
s
ystem, political parties have tried to be as close as possible to the ideal of being a
E
uropean
p
arty. Not just in their organization, but in the way their political ideas are conveyed.
But in addition to their e orts to convey a more
E
uropean spirit, these political entities
themselves are
f
acing the weaknesses o
f
the political system and a poor legacy o
f
lack o
f
p
olitical pluralism. Recent developments show that populism has shi ed from a form o
f
g
overnment to a practice o
f
governance. The paper will begin with a brie
f
introduction on
how this phenomenon was conceived by various political studies and then on the forms it has
taken in post-communist system in
A
lbania
.
Ke
y
words
:
Populism, political party, charismatic leader, economy, elites, refugee politics
.
I
ntr
oduc
t
io
n
W
hen
p
o
p
ulism is mentioned, man
y
individuals give the conce
p
ts that the
y
have,
o
r think about. This is created
f
rom ex
p
eriences the
y
ma
y
have had with s
y
stems
that have
p
racticed this
f
orm, or even
f
rom what the
y
ma
y
have heard about states
t
h
at
h
ave
h
a
d
p
o
p
u
l
ist
l
ea
d
ers. Man
y
see
p
o
p
u
l
ism as a
b
acterium t
h
at is a ac
k
ing
d
emocratic s
y
stems and that the res
p
onsibilit
y
o
f
ever
y
one, not just leaders, is
to
fi
ght, identi
fy
and su
pp
ort an
y
p
olic
y
against this
p
henomeno
n
1
. Th
e
r
i
s
e
of
"
p
o
p
ulist movements", according to Barack
O
bama, has contributed to the revival o
f
a global boom in "
p
olitics o
f
f
ear, resentment and stalemate", which o
p
ens a
p
ath to
authoritarianism. "
I
'm not giving the alarm.
I
'm just telling the
f
acts,"
O
bama sai
d
2
A
t the beginning o
f
the 19th centur
y
,
p
o
p
ulism has been used more and more b
y
radical
p
arties, while in recent
y
ears, more than a
p
olitical doctrine,
p
o
p
ulism has emerged a
n
ew level, which should be seen as
p
art o
f
its dail
y
p
olitical communication, used b
y
d
i
erent
p
olitical entities, with which the
y
advocate di
erent ideologie
s
3
.
Opp
osition
p
olitical
p
arties use
p
o
p
ulist vocabular
y
in their e
orts to win su
pp
ort. But not onl
y
1
B
aker, P. 2016, We the people: the battle to defi ne populism, taken by: https://www.theguardian.com/
new s/2019/jan/10/we-the-people-the-battle-to-defi ne-populism
2
Haney, S. Barack Obama complains about leaders who beat their chest and says Sarah Palin paved the way
for Donald Trump's election, taken by:
h
ttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6776169/Obama-
c
omplains-leaders-beat-chest.html
3
Kudors, A. 2017, The Rise of populism, Lessons for Europian and the United States of America, University
o
f Lativia Press, Riga, pg 169
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