Mapping the leaders in Macedonia and Albania: can elites promote positive social change?

The main aim of the project is to provide an insight into the processes of elite circulation in Macedonia and Albania over the last two decades. Primarily, the project is interested in the formation of two cohorts of elites – the ones who were in a high position in the social hierarchy at the time of the changes of the socialist regimes (approximately 1985 – 1990), and the ones who have climbed the ladder in the period from 2005 onwards. Finally, the project is interested in the examining shared values and attitudes between the representatives of the two cohorts of elites, and among the elites and the public.