State and Citizenship in Former Communist Countries, the Albanian Case

Authors

  • Orinda Malltezi

Abstract

The goal of this article is to establish the degree of interrelation between state and society as well as the implications that come from this interrelation by focusing on the Albanian case. If the state is perceived in relation with the society, then what comes as a result of this relationship will be seen as Plexus. On the other hand Nexus is the way the Albanian society perceives the relation between state and society, mostly represented by the functioning of state, where the state is the central axis and the society has no influence on it, this derives mostly from the political culture which has been shaped during communism. Countries that experienced totalitarian regimes tend to have similar behavior and perception towards politics which is the product of political culture. In this regard the political culture in post-totalitarian regimes shares similar elements such as: lacks of civic participation, people usually do not trust their governments or politics. The Albanian society usually does not participate in protests or other civic participations unless there is something directly related to their harm. In this regard our society behaves mostly like a post-modern society divided in various small groups of interests that are mostly incapable in achieving their aims because they lack a greater support. Although nowadays there is a greater civic participation during the transition period we lacked this participation due to some elements discussed in this paper.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n2s2p165

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Published

2015-03-31

How to Cite

State and Citizenship in Former Communist Countries, the Albanian Case. (2015). Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 6(2 S2), 165. https://www.richtmann.org/journal/index.php/mjss/article/view/6085