ZBATIMINË TERRENIN SHQIPTARI PARITETIT EKONOMIK HABSBURGO-ITALIAN (1912-1914)
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HABSBURG-ITALIAN ECONOMIC PARITY IN ALBANIA (1912-1914)

Summary/Abstract: The implementation of the The relation between the Adriatic Powers and Albania in the period from 1912 to 1914 fit in the center-periphery relation theory that Johan Galtung has elaborated in his Structural Theory of Imperialism. The basis of this relation was the concept of interest which had put both Powers acting as the Center on an equal footing. While in the relation established between the Center and the Periphery, the latter represented by the Albanian state and the Provisory Government of Vlora, the concept of interest was not founded on the same equality pattern. As the weaker party in this relation, the Provisory Government of Vlora which was not recognized by the Great Powers and held transitory office, was inferior and obliged to accept dependency and subjugation by the Adriatic Powers. The economic control of Albania was used by both Austro-Hungary and Italy as a means to secure political domination in the country, aiming at excluding as much as possible the involvement of other Great Powers in matters concerning the independent Albanian state. However, the Entente Powers were an obstacle which resulted to be impregnable. France, Russia and Great Britain did not allow the exclusive economic and political domination of the independent Albanian state by Austro-Hungary and Italy. Therefore, the question of assigning foreign specialists and advisers for Albania along with the question of the Albanian National Bank did not receive a definitive solution due to the rivalry among the Great Powers.

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