Albania and the European Union: The Tumultuous Journey Towards Integration and Accession

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When will Albania join the EU Will accession help Albania to achieve prosperity, stability and prosperity And, what factors are helping it towards this end and what factors are holding it back An original study of Albania and its relations with the EU, this is the first book to identify and analyse the problems of the country as it moves towards membership of the Union. It explores the political, economic and social transformations needed to make Albanian membership possible. The authors highlight the enormous democratic changes that have occurred in post-communist Albania, as well as the many obstacles that still remain. This balanced and objective assessment will be an essential resource for everyone interested in the history and future of the Balkans and the EU.

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'A very comprehensive, well researched and well timed book. This book will find an eager readership not only in Brussels but also within the world's foreign ministries where it might be used as a valuable reference work on contemporary Albania' - Miranda Vickers, author of The Albaniana: A Modern History 'Well researched and very interesting...this book should be on the shelf of every foreign scholar, professional or official who is involved in Albanian issues.' - Merita B. McCormack, Illyria 'dissects the role of the outside world in Albanian affairs with great attention. In their comprehensive and balanced discussion of Albania's modernization process, Bogdani and Loughlin stress the many positive aspects of foreign involvement.' - Gabriel Partos, TRANSITIONS ONLINE

Author Bio

Mirela Bogdani has been Associate Lecturer at the School of European Studies, Cardiff University. Currently she is reading for an MPhil in "European Politics" at St Antony's College, Oxford University. John Loughlin is Professor of European Politics at Cardiff University and European Studies Centre Visiting Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford University.