The main contention of this article is the following: sociology, like all the modern sciences, was born out of philosophy. But, ungratefully enough and perhaps because of a deepseated inferiority complex vis-à-vis the older well established sciences, sociology tends to forget or at least to blurr it…

Richard Rorty wrote on many occasions that called the linguistic turn was an attempt to keep philosophy an armchair discipline. “The idea - he said - was to mark off a space for a priori knowledge into which neither sociology nor history nor art nor natural science could intrude”. Linguistic analysi…

In the aftermath of Cold War, the system of United Nations (UN) Peace Missions assumed new proportions, by adjusting the nature of political developments, which characterized the international relations stage in this period. In the peace-keeping agenda of these missions, special focus was given to i…

The complicated, troubled and tragic events of a wealthy family from Vlorë, Albania, which a century ago expanded its business to Italy, in Brindisi and Trieste, and whose grand land tenures and financial properties in Albania were nationalized by Communism after the Second World War. Hence the life…

Since its inception, the governments of 29 European countries (member states of the Bologna Declaration in 1999) had as their main target the creation of a common and coherent system of Higher Education Area in Europe (EHEA). The main intention for the creation of a ‘European Education Area’ was the…

Nga veprat më të rëndësishme të P. Markos është dhe “Hasta la vista”. Ky roman është po ashtu i rëndësishëm në historinë e letërsisë shqipe, në fondin e zgjedhur të romanit shqip si sprovë dhe arritje e madhe njëherësh. Për shkaqe jashtë letrare (skualifikimi politiko-policor i autorit në periudhën …

Emri i Petro Markos ka qenë gjatë dhe shpesh pjesë e procesit tim të leximit, qysh kur, pavetëdijshëm, merrja një lloj kënaqësie të veçantë prej teksteve të tij. Që prej endjes nistore në rrëfimet e këtij shkrimtari e deri më sot, ky proces, përligjshëm, ka ndryshuar dhe më ka ndryshuar. Duke lexuar…

orték m. “rruzull i madh bore, që rrokulliset nga malet e larta dhe merr me vete ç’gjen përpara”. Fjalë e dialektit gegë, që shumësin e bën ortiqe. Në epikën legjendare: Ushtojnë lugjet prej ortiqesh; prej ortiqesh kah po bijnë ndër gropa. Formim i brendshëm nga emrin rrotë, që ka marrë një o- si pa…

Electoral behavior is a new element in the political analysis of democracy in Albania. Distinctive features of the Albanian transition distinguish other models of the former communist countries, as well as significantly differ with Western models and electoral behavior analysis of the relations betw…

The global financial crisis causes, as among the greatest crises and consequences, reflected the world in continuously increase of unemployment, poverty and inequality. This crisis was reflected in both developed and developing countries including countries in transition. The fact cannot be denied t…

Fiscal earnings, measures the performance of the company during the financial year. Motivated by different factors such as those related to the capital market, contractual motives etc, managers can manipulate earnings, increasing or reducing them and this phenomenon is recognized as “earnings manage…