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Country study
[edit] * Albania
* Foreword
* Acknowledgements
* Preface
* Table A. Chronology of Important Events
* Country Profile
o Country
o Geography
o Society
o Economy
o Transportation and Telecommunications
o Politics and Government
o National Security
* Introduction
* Chapter 1 - Historical Setting (Charles Sudetic)
o The Ancient Illyrians
o The Barbarian Invasions and the Middle Ages
o The Albanian Lands Under Ottoman Domination, 1385-1876
+ The Ottoman Conquest of Albania
+ Albanians under Ottoman Rule
+ Local Albanian Leaders in the Early Nineteenth Century
o National Awakening and the Birth of Albania, 1876-1918
+ The Rise of Albanian Nationalism
+ The Balkan Wars and Creation of Independent Albania
+ World War I and Its Effects on Albania
o Interwar Albania, 1918-41
+ Albania's Reemergence after World War I
+ Social and Economic Conditions after World War I
+ Government and Politics
+ Italian Penetration
+ Zog's Kingdom
+ Italian Occupation
o World War II and the Rise of Communism, 1941-44
+ The Communist and Nationalist Resistance
+ The Communist Takeover of Albania
o Communist Albania
+ Consolidation of Power and Initial Reforms
+ Albanian-Yugoslav Tensions
+ Deteriorating Relations with the West
+ Albania and the Soviet Union
+ Albania and China
+ The Cultural and Ideological Revolution
+ The Break with China and Self-Reliance
* Chapter 2 - The Society and its Environment (Walter R. Iwaskiw)
o Physical Environment
+ National Boundaries
+ Topography
+ Drainage
+ Climate
o The Albanian People
+ Population
+ Ethnicity
# Gegs and Tosks
# Greeks and Other Minorities
# Albanians in Kosovo
+ Languages and Dialects
+ Settlement Patterns
o Social System
+ Traditional Social Patterns and Values
+ Social Structure under Communist Rule
o Religion
+ Before 1944
+ Hoxha's Antireligious Campaign
+ The Revival of Religion
o Education
+ PreCommunist Era
+ Education under Communist Rule
o Health and Welfare
+ Medical Care and Nutrition
+ Housing
+ Social Insurance
* Chapter 3 - The Economy (Charles Sudetic)
o Economic Policy and Performance
+ The Precommunist Albanian Economy
+ Imposition of the Stalinist System
+ Dependence on Yugoslavia, 1945-48
+ Dependence on the Soviet Union, 1948-60
+ Dependence on China, 1961-78
+ Isolation and Autarky
o Economic System
+ Governmental Bodies and Control
+ Ownership and Private Property
+ Enterprises and Firms
+ Finance and Banking
+ Currency and Monetary Policy
+ Government Revenues and Expenditures
+ Savings
o WORK FORCE AND STANDARD OF LIVING
+ Prices and Wages
+ Domestic Consumption
+ Standard of Living
+ Population and Work Force
+ Women in the Work Force
+ Trade Unions
o Agriculture
+ The Land
+ Land Distribution and Agricultural Organization
+ Structure and Marketing of Agricultural Output
+ Livestock and Pasturelands
+ Mechanization
+ Fertilizers, Pesticides, and Seeds
+ Forests
+ Fisheries
o Industry
+ Energy and Natural Resources
+ Manufacturing
# Chemicals
# Engineering
# Light Industry
# Food Processing
+ Construction
+ Environmental Problems
o Transportation and Telecommunications
+ Road Transportation
+ Railroads
+ Air Transportation
+ Water Transportation
+ Telecommunications
o Retail Trade, Services and Tourism
+ Retail Trade and Services
+ Black Market
+ Tourism
o Foreign Economic Relations
+ Foreign Trade Organization
+ Foreign Trade Balance and Balance of Payments
+ Trade Partners
+ Commodity Pattern of Trade
+ Activities of Foreign Companies in Albania
+ Foreign Assistance
o Prospects for Reform
* Chapter 4 - Government and Politics (Amy Knight)
o Origins of the Political System
+ Albania after World War II
+ The Hoxha Regime
+ Alia Takes Over
o Albania's Communist Party
o The Government Apparatus
+ People's Assembly
+ Council of Ministers and People's Councils
+ Courts
o Mass Organizations
+ Democratic Front
+ Union of Albanian Working Youth
+ Union of Albanian Women
+ United Trade Unions of Albania
o Mass Media
o Reform Politics
+ Initial Stages
+ Human Rights
+ Further Moves Toward Democracy
+ Multiparty System
+ The Coalition Government of 1991
o Foreign Policy
+ Shifting Alliances
+ Changes in the 1980s
+ Alia's Pragmatism
+ Albania Seeks New Allies
* Chapter 5 - National Security (Karl Wheeler Soper)
o Development of The Armed Forces
+ From Independence to World War II
+ World War II
+ Postwar Development
o Evolution of National Security Policy
o Defense Organization
+ Political Control
+ People's Army
# Ground Forces
# Air and Air Defense Forces
# Naval Forces
+ Military Manpower
# Conscript Training
# Paramilitary Training
# Military Schools
+ Military Budget and the Economy
o Internal Security
+ Domestic Repression under Hoxha and Alia
# Penal Code
# Penal System
+ Security Forces
# Directorate of State Security
# Frontier Guards
# People's Police
# Auxiliary Police
* Appendix. Tables * Bibliography * Glossary
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