The Discourse of Reforming the Electoral System in Albania in the Perspective of Democracy According to Robert Dahl Theory

Suela Dinellari
"Fan S. "Noli University

Abstract

The political developments of the countries that accede to become part of the EU have been conditioned from time to time by the democratization strategies that connect the standards of the political system with the form of governance in democracy. Part of these standards as prerequisites for the consolidation of democracies, such as the case of democracy in Albania, are the continuous recommendations for reforming the electoral system. For this reason, discussions are raised at the theoretical and practical level on the issue of pluralism and institutional procedures related to the electoral system to ensure representativeness, equality of voting and the exercise of political power. This paper aims to: 1. to reflect the ongoing reforms of the electoral system in Albania from a historical-legal point of view 2. to evidence and argue, through the theory of Robert Dahl, the problems of democracy with reference to the electoral system 3. to evaluate and argue on the Dahlian thesis of proceduralist liberal democracy, the role of reforming the electoral system in the consolidation of pluralist democracy. 4. to recommend approaches on similar models of electoral systems in EU countries that ensure consolidation of democratic systems in the procedural aspect In the function of this analysis, a number of primary sources were used, such as historical, theoretical and legal documents, statistical analysis and secondary sources on interpretations and attitudes about this problem by researchers in the field.

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