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Abstracts Book Mac.Indd Proceedings International Interdisciplinary Conference www.isa-sociology.org; www.europeansociology.org; www.instituti-sociologjise.al; www.univlora.edu.al;www.unipavaresia.edu.al; www.albanianuniversity.al; www.umb.edu.al; www.albmark.com; www.auleda.org.al; Organizers: Albanian Institute of Sociology (AIS) University Ismail Qemali of Vlora-Albania Albanian University, Tirana-Albania University Pavaresia of Vlora-Albania University Reald, Vlora-Albania University Marin Barleti Tirana-Albania “AULEDA” Local Economic Development Agency International School, Vlora-Albania Identity, Image & Social Cohesion in the time of Integrations and Globalization Vlora-Albania 26-28 November 2012 © Albanian Institute of Sociology (AIS) Ed: Lekë SOKOLI & Jonida LAMAJ Design: Orest MUÇA Contacts: Mobile: ++355(0)694067682; ++355(0)696935770; ++355(0)672759997 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; www.instituti-sociologjise.al; Last International Conference of the Albanian Institute of Sociology Proceedings 6th International Conference of Albanian Institute of Sociology (AIS) ISBN: 978-9928-4000-2-4 “Education in ‘turbulent times’ - the Albanian case in European and global context” Tirana-Albania 21-22 November 2011 • 228 participants • 20 countries • plenary session • two semi plenary sessions • a special session/1st Balkans Forum of Social Sciences • 22 thematic sessions • the 4th General Assemble of Albanian Institute of Sociology • Contents: I. General Conference Program .....................................................................4 II. Welcome to Albania & Vlora .....................................................................5 III. Opening Ceremony and Plenary Session ...................................................7 IV. Organizers and Organizing Committee .....................................................9 V. Maps – District of the Conference ...........................................................11 VI. Abstracts Book ..........................................................................................12 TS 01: Communication, Culture and Arts ..............................................13 TS 02: Population & Migration ..............................................................38 TS 03: Education ...................................................................................50 TS 04: Political Studies and Law Issues ..................................................73 TS 05: Religion, Collective Behavior & Social Movements .....................93 TS 06: Marriage & Family ......................................................................97 TS 07: Integration and Globalization ...................................................108 TS 08: Childhood, Youth & Gender .....................................................128 TS 09: Organizations, professions and Work ........................................138 TS 10: Theoretical, Comparative & Historical Studies ..........................145 TS 11: Deviance & Social Control ........................................................166 TS 12: Ethnic Relations, Human Rights & Collective Goods ...............175 TS 13: Economy & Development ........................................................185 TS 14: Social Security & Public Health ................................................207 TS 15: Technology & Innovations ........................................................214 ST 16: Special Session “The application of modern methods in aquatic environment research” ...............................................229 VII. Next International Conference of the Albanian Institute of Sociology ...................................................266 22-23 November 2013: Durres-Albania ...................................................266 I. GENERAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM: 1. Opening Ceremony and Plenary Session: 26 November 2012, 17.00: University Ismail Qemali of Vlora-Albania 2. Associated activities to the plenary session: Exhibition: “Vlora in the Century of Independence” The documentary: “Vlora, the city” Salon of the University books 3. Conference party 26 November 2012, 19.00 University Ismail Qemali of Vlora-Albania 4. Thematic Sessions: TS01-TS15; 27 November 2012: 09.00-15 00 University Ismail Qemali of Vlora-Albania University Pavaresia of Vlora-Albania University Reald, Vlora-Albania International School, Vlora-Albania 5. Special Session: The application of modern methods in aquatic environment research University Ismail Qemali of Vlora-Albania 7. Closing Ceremony and Conference Party 27 November 2012: 19.00 Organizer: University Reald, Vlora-Albania The Conference Issues: Special Issue of Social Studies: Albanian University, Tirana-Albania; The book of abstracts: “AULEDA” Local Economic Development Agency II. WELCOME ALBANIA & VLORA Welcome to Albania and Vlora on 100 Anniversary of Albanian Independence Welcome to the Albanian Institute of Sociology Dear professors, colleagues and friends We are honored to welcome all participants of the International Conference of Albanian Institute of Sociology (AIS), University Ismail Qemali of Vlora, Albanian University, University Pavarësia of Vlora, Universitety Reald of Vlora, University Marin Barleti Tirana, AULEDA - Local Economic Development Agency and International School of Vlora. This is a special Conference, for many reasons: First, the central theme of the conference is “Identity, Image & Social Cohesion in the time of Integrations and Globalization”. It’s a title with five keywords: Identity (‘self- definition’ or ‘self-image’), Image (or imago=imposed identity), Social Cohesion (the bonds that bring people together in a given society), Integration, and Globalization. All these are among the most controversial topics of our time and among the most important. Second, except these central themes a lot of other topics will be treated in sixteen Thematic Sessions of the conference, such as: Communication & Culture, Population & Migration, Political Studies & Law Issues, Collective Behavior & Social Movements, Marriage & Family, Youth & Gender, Professions & Work, Comparative & Historical Studies, Deviance & Social Control, Human Rights & Collective Goods, Economy & Development, Social Security & Public Health and so on. Third, this conference is Interdisciplinary. A lot of papers are included in the sessions of Technology & Innovations, as well as in the special session on Environmental issues. This is legitimate, because in many respects “all sciences flow to sociology, as all the rivers run to the sea.” The sciences are not an end in themselves. All aimed at the fulfillment of the maximum interests of the people. And Sociology is designed precisely to measure these interests, monitoring them and to make suggestions to the other sciences and to the other institutions of the state and society as well. Forth, this conference is International in the full sense of the word. And we would like to thank first of all those who came from the other countries: from Portugal to Poland, from USA to India. Fifth, we meet here in a very special moment of Albania and Albanians, in the Hundredth Anniversary of the Albanian Independence. It’s a special moment of Honor and Respect for our ancestors, and thanks to them Albania still exists. The challenges of a hundred years ago were the people’s survival, national freedom, nation-formation 6 Proceedings and state-sovereignty. The new challenges – quite different from the traditional ones - are: Civilization as the sum of human achievements toward the European civilization; Development, better to say sustainable-development (not just survival, as traditionally thought); Integration, which means to delegate a portion of the traditional sovereignty to the new international communities; Democracy-formation, more than traditional nation-formation. So, this is a special moment of reflection on the Centennial development trajectory, from national Independence to European Integration and global Interdependence and universal Responsibility. Six, this conference is an indicator of the wide scientific interest on Albanian issues. Albania is a kind of ‘Social Laboratory’ for studying the different problems of new Europe and the global world, such as: the political, economic and social dimensions of change, international migration and its correlation with development, diaspora-home relations, globalization of domestic politics, long distance nationalism, communitarianism beyond borders, multiculturalism, hybridization and the globalization of society, transnationalization and multiculturalism etc. Seventh, the wide participation in this conference is an indicator of the development of the Albanian Institute of Sociology itself. It is not difficult to measure the progress of such an organization: count the number of members, participants and registrants. Since its Embryonic Meeting of six years ago the AIS has grown: from 35 to 250 members; in the first Conference six years ago there were only twelve presentations; in this conference there are more than four hundred. As far as Albania goes, we have broken every record. Dear participants of the conference, We are convinced that everything is prepared for the best possible conference. We wish you all a great meeting; and a great year, leading up to the 2013 conference, next time in Durres. Thank you Nora MALAJ Vice-Minister of Education and Science of Albania; Head of Organizing Committee Leke SOKOLI Executive director of the Albanian Institute of Sociology; Coordinator of the Conference 7 Në
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