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Title:“I want Albania to be like Europe”: grassroots movements and new ways of commoning in contemporary Albania
Authors:ID Gregorič Bon, Nataša (Author)
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Language:English
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Abstract:“I want Albania like Europe” was the slogan of the student protest that followed the demise of the communist regime in Albania in 1990. During this period, students were seen as the main agents of social change. Despite considerable social, political, and economic changes, Albania remains one of the lowest-income countries in Europe. While many local economists and politicians continue to use EU accession as the benchmark for the country’s well-being, inhabitants increasingly face precarity and uncertainty, with alternative scenarios often seemingly non-existent and coated with passive attitude. Although this passivity seems to be the prevailing mindset, certain grassroots collectives have sought ways to reshape the uncertainty of daily life. I argue that through their practices and tactics, they aim to remit already familiar structural remnants such as the nexus of house–land–kinship, translating them into collective commons that have the potential to lead to alternative futures.
Keywords:grassroots movements, collective commons, house-land-kinship nexus, alternative futures, social change, Albania
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Publication date:09.05.2026
Year of publishing:2026
Number of pages:17 str.
PID:20.500.12556/DiRROS-29544 New window
UDC:39:316:32(496.5)
ISSN on article:0047-2441
DOI:10.1177/00472441261445038 New window
COBISS.SI-ID:278383363 New window
Copyright:© The Author(s) 2026
Publication date in DiRROS:24.05.2026
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Title:Journal of European studies
Shortened title:J. Eur. stud.
Publisher:SAGE, Alpha Academic
ISSN:0047-2441
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Document is financed by a project

Funder:ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
Project number:J6-3127
Name:VIZIONARSKE PRAKSE V PRIMERJALNI PERSPEKTIVI: ANTROPOLOGIJA IMAGINALNEGA

Funder:ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
Project number:J6-60102
Name:Skrb za okolje v antropoceničnih krajinah: Glasovi in prakse iz Albanije in Srbije

Funder:ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
Project number:P6-0079
Name:Antropološke in prostorske raziskave

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Licensing start date:09.05.2026
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