The Shining Beacon of Socialism in Europe: The Albanian State and Society in the Period of Communist Dictatorship, 1944-1992
In the history of European communist dictatorships, the Albanian case deserves particular attention. Half a century of Albanian communism saw an attempt to apply the model of forceful industrialisation, combined with a brutal and multifarious indoctrination of society, to a backward country which had lived in traditional tribal structures. In Albania, the model of power which was called Stalinist in Europe proved particularly durable and impossible to verify through demographic and generational changes. This work is the first to analyse the process of the ideologisation of the state and its impact on the economic, social, and cultural life. An important asset of the book is its extensive use of Albanian source materials as well as works of Albanian historians.
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The Shining Beacon of Socialism in Europe: The Albanian State and Society in the Period of Communist Dictatorship, 1944-1992
In the history of European communist dictatorships, the Albanian case deserves particular attention. Half a century of Albanian communism saw an attempt to apply the model of forceful industrialisation, combined with a brutal and multifarious indoctrination of society, to a backward country which had lived in traditional tribal structures. In Albania, the model of power which was called Stalinist in Europe proved particularly durable and impossible to verify through demographic and generational changes. This work is the first to analyse the process of the ideologisation of the state and its impact on the economic, social, and cultural life. An important asset of the book is its extensive use of Albanian source materials as well as works of Albanian historians.
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The Shining Beacon of Socialism in Europe: The Albanian State and Society in the Period of Communist Dictatorship, 1944-1992
In the history of European communist dictatorships, the Albanian case deserves particular attention. Half a century of Albanian communism saw an attempt to apply the model of forceful industrialisation, combined with a brutal and multifarious indoctrination of society, to a backward country which had lived in traditional tribal structures. In Albania, the model of power which was called Stalinist in Europe proved particularly durable and impossible to verify through demographic and generational changes. This work is the first to analyse the process of the ideologisation of the state and its impact on the economic, social, and cultural life. An important asset of the book is its extensive use of Albanian source materials as well as works of Albanian historians.
Tadeusz Czekalski is a historian and specialist in the Balkans employed in the Institute of History at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. He has authored books on the 20th century history of Albania, Bulgaria, and Greece as well as the transformation of morals and customs during the communist times. His research interests include the social history of the Balkan countries in the 19th and 20th centuries, transformation of morals and customs in communist countries, and European culinary culture of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Table of Contents
Index of abbreviations 7
Introduction 9
Chapter I The road to power 13
Chapter II Party and state 25
1 Yugoslav period 25
2 Soviet period 35
3 Chinese period 45
4 Period of isolation 55
Chapter III Economy 65
1 Agriculture 70
2 Industry 74
3 Communication and transport 77
Chapter IV Socio-demographic changes 81
Chapter V The apparatus of repression 93
1 Sigurimi 97
2 Prisons and labour camps 99
Chapter VI Culture and education 105
Chapter VII Confessional policy 119
Chapter VIII First steps to de-communisation 135
The new history of Albanian communism? Instead of an epilogue 147
