This book tries to answer some type questions: Is there one or more than one or no value profile that currently characterizes from the perspective of the spiritual world the social actors in the post-communist Albanian society? If there is one, which is this kind of value profile, of survival one or of self-afirmation? Answers given in the book are based on a series of surveys carried out in the period 1998-2013 with the Albanian electorate across the country or in Tirana city. Some of the surveys were part of experimental type studies that intended to give an empirical answer to the question...

In this book, ideological confusion is explained based on the structural-functionalist perspective. Analysis of the phenomenon in question focuses mainly on the interdependence created between the "deeply-social" factors of and political discourse. This analysis is undertaken to better understand the circumstances that condition political parties on representing social categories in different social contexts and on showing the implications of political identity building based on the type of discourse used by the political actors. This line of reasoning establishes a logical connection of a...