Demographic background and the key social issue

The purpose of this Chapter is to perform a sociological review of the main events that have marked the Albanian society from a political, economic, demographic and cultural point of view. The review will serve as a baseline assessment for the understanding of more specific data and problems that will be presented in the second part of the volume, which includes the analysis of three local realities – those of Tirana, Elbasan and Shkoder – and of activated social services in their respective territories. The entire work explores existing historical and social contexts, Social Service organization, budgets and expenditures to serve as a baseline for future measurement and development.