Abstract
As the last country in Europe to overthrow the communist regime, Albania has much to achieve in the legal system to build a full democracy. A government should be relied upon to create the necessary reforms to move a country out of transition. The governmental structure can either accelerate or prevent the country’s transition towards a market economy. The other pillar of society that reflects institutional performance is the country’s citizens. Trust is a factor that connects citizens with institutions. The main purpose of this research is to identify causes for citizens to lose their confidence in public institutions. The analysis, supported by quantitative data, aims to show the level of trust that citizens bestow to the most important Albanian public institutions. An Institution for Democracy and Mediation poll and this study’s results of meetings with focus groups were used to illustrate the public’s confidence in the governmental institutions, and to explore the causes of the citizen’s attitude towards the public institutions and their service in Albania.
Highlights
As the last country in Europe to overthrow the communist regime, Albania still has much to achieve in the legal system to build a full democracy
The quality of governance is important, but is difficult to measure it for these reasons: First, in measuring citizens’ trust, their perception is important because their actions are based on their impressions and points of view
A survey was conducted on a national level in 2013 by the Institution for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) within the ‘Advocacy for Open Governance’ project
Summary
As the last country in Europe to overthrow the communist regime, Albania still has much to achieve in the legal system to build a full democracy. Many societies pass from a centralized to a market economy through an intermediate process, known as a transition. This intermediate phase serves to transform the political and economic system to satisfy the needs of the market economy (Bellova, 2014). The basic policies for a transition for all post-communist countries have an identical economic structure. They were designed by the new governments, who were helped by international organizations, such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development. The number of countries classified as the ‘worst’ in the ‘Nations in Transition’ report has doubled over the last decade
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