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Cover -- The Politics of Marriage and Gender: Global Issues in Local Contexts -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword by Péter Berta -- Preface -- Introduction: Living and Loving in North India -- PART ONE: Localizing Marriage -- 1. Civil Marriage in Postindependence India: Birth of a Utopic Idea -- 2. Of Rebellious Lovers and Conformist Citizens -- 3. Love, Marriage, and the Brave New World -- PART TWO: State and Subjectivity: Capacity to Aspire in Postagrarian North India -- 4. Gender Trouble and a State of Illusions -- 5. Instituting Court Marriage: The Legal Fiction of Protection Petitions -- 6. Consenting Adults and the State: Social Change through Conformity -- PART THREE: The Politics of Love, Marriage, and a Livable Future -- 7. Toward an Alternative Future: Eloping Couples, Citizenry, and Social Mobility -- Conclusion: Closures, New Beginnings, and Happily Ever After? -- Appendix -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Who slew the dragon? : the collapse of communism, political change and the student movement in Albania / Shinasi A. Rama --Coming to an end : the fall of communist rule in Albania / Fatos Tarifa -- Contributing actors to the regime change in Albania : the first phase of transition and the role of the Albanian student movement / Mirela Bogdani -- Youth as social actor in the Albania regime change / Luisa Chiodi -- The rise of the student movement and its role in the collapse of the communist regime / Llukman Halili -- The idea of the nation-state and the student movement / Grid Rroji -- Considerations on the leadership dynamics during the first state of transition / Valbona Karanxha -- Competing visions : Albanian youth and students in the late-communist period and the political elite / James Pettifer -- What kind of democracy, which kind of pluralism? : comparing president Ramiz Alia's meetings with the intellectuals and with the student representation / Afrim Krasniqi -- Making sense of the Albanian events : internation interpretations and responses / Miranda Vickers -- Heroes and myths / Fred Abrahams -- The student movement changed Albania forever : a reflection on its contribution to the modern Albanian history / Llukman Halili -- The dragon did not commit suicide : the collapse of the totalitarian cult-state and the role of the student movement in Albania / Shinasi A. Rama.

"This book provides a comprehensive examination of the Albanian Student Movement of 1990-1991. To date, there are no thorough studies of the first year of the transition in Albania, which constitutes the most critical period of transition. The lessons to be learned are vast and of great importance to the debates on social movements, mobilization and transition. Renowned scholars of modern Albanian history, led by the former leader of the Albanian Student Movement, Shinasi A. Rama, provide a study of the critical role played by this movement in the political transformation of Albania from a totalitarian cult-state to a multiparty political system during 1990-1991. Their informed analysis combined with first-hand knowledge of the events during a key period of the Albanian history shed light on the student movement, its ideology, values, contributions, and its relationship to the system and to the ruling caste. The authors come to the core conclusion that the student movement remained an independent player that achieved change in the political system at a crucial juncture. The End of Communist Rule in Albania is a much-needed contribution in the fields of social movements, democratization studies, Communist and Post-Communist politics, Albanian Studies"--