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Constitutional Politics in Central and Eastern Europe: From Post-Socialist Transition to the Reform of Political Systems. Hrsg. / Anna Fruhstorfer; Michael Hein. Wiesbaden : Springer VS, 2016. S. 333-358 (Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft).Publikation: Beiträge in Sammelwerken › Aufsätze in Sammelwerken › Forschung › begutachtet
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Albania
AU - Osterberg-Kaufmann, Norma
PY - 2016/10/13
Y1 - 2016/10/13
N2 - This chapter analyzes constitutional politics in Albania since 1991. It outlines the argument that radical change was only possible due to extreme events opening up windows of opportunity because of their disruptive nature shaking the existing institutions. It also demonstrates that the replacement of the ruling elites led to new political actors coming to power, who were open and ready for a fundamental change. Only two constitutional reforms were sparked by such dramatic events (in 1991 and 1998) and those achieved an improvement in the quality of democracy. Meanwhile, the majority of constitutional amendments took place in non-crisis situations. All of those reforms, promoted by the respective ruling party, were power-oriented and even lessened the democratic improvements.
AB - This chapter analyzes constitutional politics in Albania since 1991. It outlines the argument that radical change was only possible due to extreme events opening up windows of opportunity because of their disruptive nature shaking the existing institutions. It also demonstrates that the replacement of the ruling elites led to new political actors coming to power, who were open and ready for a fundamental change. Only two constitutional reforms were sparked by such dramatic events (in 1991 and 1998) and those achieved an improvement in the quality of democracy. Meanwhile, the majority of constitutional amendments took place in non-crisis situations. All of those reforms, promoted by the respective ruling party, were power-oriented and even lessened the democratic improvements.
KW - Politics
KW - Verfassungspolitik
KW - Albanien
KW - Demokratisierung
KW - Alabania
KW - Constitutional politics
KW - Democratization
KW - Post-Socialism
UR - https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-658-13762-5_14
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-658-13762-5_14
DO - 10.1007/978-3-658-13762-5_14
M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
SN - 978-3-658-13761-8
T3 - Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
SP - 333
EP - 358
BT - Constitutional Politics in Central and Eastern Europe
A2 - Fruhstorfer, Anna
A2 - Hein, Michael
PB - Springer VS
CY - Wiesbaden
ER -