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Fushatë lokale apo fushatë kombëtaro-lokale: Teknikat e reja të profesionalizimit të politikës - Analizë e fushatave elektorale lokale të koalicionit “Aleanca për Qytetarin” në Tiranë, Elbasan dhe Korçë
Local Elections or National local ones: Towards ‘professionalization’ of politics in post-communist Albania

Author(s): Klejd Këlliçi
Subject(s): Politics, Electoral systems, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: Shtëpia botuese “UET Press”
Keywords: Albania; elections; local election; politics; post-communist period; 2011;

Summary/Abstract: In this article I would like to review the role and impact of the local election campaign of 2011 in Albania. These elections were perceived as crucial in Albania, for they would impose the new strategy that the political parties would have to follow in the general election of 2013. (Këlliçi 2011; Budini 2011). These elections were more important than previous local election as the coalition’s performance would legitimize the previous contested elections of 2009, test the support for some components of the

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 103-115
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Albanian