CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Shaqiri, Albinot |
|---|---|
| Title | The Importance of Cultural Values in the Economic Well-Being of Albanians: Trust and Social Capital |
| Summary | This thesis analyzes economic development through the prism of ethnicity, thus concentrating on the Albanian populace in a set of three states in the Balkans: Albania, Kosova and Macedonia. the levels of low trust that are maintained in the Albanian society directly affect the low number of associations outside the close circle of family, kin and acquaintances. This has a direct effect on social capital and therefore the robustness of the respective economic performances. The main question that this thesis seeks to answer is: why do the different sociopolitical conditions that are imposed on the ethnic Albanian population in the Balkans not result in different levels of economic development beyond state boundaries? |
| Supervisor | Horvath, Julius |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/shaqiri_albinot.pdf |
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