Transitional Justice in Albania: Historical Burden, Weak Civil Society, and Conflicting Interests (original) (raw)

Transitional Justice and Civil Society in the Balkans, 2012

Abstract

This chapter asks why postcommunist Albania has failed to ensure transitional justice for the abuses committed during one of the harshest communist dictatorships in Eastern Europe. The analysis takes into account alternative explanations of transitional justice processes, including historical legacies, the configuration of political interests, and idea-based accounts. Yet, our proposed framework attempts to link and supplement these existing explanations by incorporating the role of civil society, as a mediator that can screen and ...

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