Routledge Albania In Transition: The Rocky Road To Democracy

Product Description In early 1997, Albania's transition to democracy suffered a serious setback when pyramid schemes sparked violent unrest, plunging the country into its worst political and economic crisis since the downfall of communism. The uprisings and subsequent elections, in which the Socialist Party won a landslide victory, have made front-page news in the int About the Author Elez Biberaj, chief of Voice of America's Albanian Service since 1986, is the author of Albania: A Socialist Maverick (Westview, 1990) and Albania and China: A Study of an Unequal Alliance (Westview, 1986).