Unequal social justice between communist legacy and vulnerable democracy

Doi: https://doi.org/10.58603/HVHI8896

Abstract: In Albania, communism was established after Bolshevik model before the end of Second World War. From its foundation to its fall, thousands of Albanians were killed, imprisoned, and politically persecuted as they opposed the dictatorial ideology within it. The regime's collapse posed the challenge of the transitional justice' implementation, to repair social disbalance legacy. After thirty years, no persecutor was punished, no regrets, no forgiveness is made. The extended period of vulnerable democracy lacked historical truth. Indeed, the most serious risks are the time passing-by and the restoration of social justice coming over. The article reveals the education’s role to overcome social division, in post-communist particular context, where other means of transitional justice have failed. Research through a local historical narrative, intertwined with sociology theories, highlights the double decisive role of education in presenting the past and healing of wounds, thus addressing the discrepancies towards social repair. A fragile democracy, built upon the ruins of communism, serves as a case study of how social equality can be fostered through education, thus influencing the international paradigm of social justice.