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Fatos Tarifa (born 21 August 1954) is a social scientist and a former diplomat from Albania.

Education

Tarifa has a double doctorate, with a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a doctorate in Political Science from the University of Tirana. He has been, inter alia, a lecturer, a researcher and a distinguished visiting fellow since 1981, when he joined the School of Political Science and Law at the University of Tirana. In 1992 he was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship at the Department of Sociology at UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Career

Tarifa served as Albanian ambassador to the Netherlands (1998–2001) and to the United States (2001–2005). Currently he is Professor of Sociology and International Relations, and Director of the Institute for Studies on Democracy and Development at the University of New York Tirana. Tarifa has taught and conducted research at the University of Tirana, the European University of Tirana, the Institute of Social Studies at The Hague, Webster University (Leiden, the Netherlands), Campbell University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Eastern Michigan University and he has delivered lectures at institutions of higher education throughout the world, such as Duke University, Stanford University, New York University, Harvard University, Brown University, the University of California at Berkeley, Tufts University, the University of Essex, and the University of Amsterdam.

Tarifa has authored, co-authored and edited 45 books and more than 90 journal articles. His books and articles have covered topics ranging from democratic transition and social issues in Eastern Europe to Human development, and current international affairs. In 1998 he became the founding Editor of "Sociological Analysis", an innovative, international scholarly journal published at Chapel Hill, NC, which he edited for 15 years. He serves as a member of the International Advisory Board of the "Journal of Social Sciences" and the "Journal of Applied Social Science".

Dr. Tarifa will probably be best remembered as the leader of a campaign to introduce the discipline of sociology into higher education in Albania. He is widely considered to be "the founder of sociological studies in Albania, and one of the country's most prominent social scientists". Tarifa has "already earned the title of father of Albanian sociology, a moniker he has generally resisted".

Main publications

• The First Decade and After (2000) – ISBN 90-6490-044-2
• The Breakdown of State Socialism and the Emerging Post-Socialist Order (2001) – ISBN 90-6490-045-0
• Culture, Ideology, and Society (2001) – ISBN 90-806178-2-2
• The Quest for Legitimacy and the Withering Away of Utopia (2001) – ISBN 90-806178-3-0
• The Balkans: A Mission neither Accomplished nor Impossible (2002) – ISBN 90-806178-1-4
• To Albania, with Love (2007) – ISBN 0-7618-3590-3
• Europe Adrift on the Wine-Dark Sea (2007) – ISBN 978-0-9776662-8-7
• Jeta shoqerore si eksperience sociologjike (2007) – ISBN 978-99943-44-20-8
• Saga e dy kontinenteve (2007) – ISBN 978-99943-44-38-3
• Vengeance is Mine: Justice Albanian Style (2008) – ISBN 978-0-9801896-0-5
• Amerikanofobia dhe anti-amerikanizmi europian (2008) – ISBN 978-99943-44-87-1
• Europa e pabashkuar (2009) – ISBN 978-99956-38-02-3
• Paradigma e tranzicionit demokratik (2009) – ISBN 978-99956-38-24-5
• Kaloresit e humbur te kryqezates anti-Kadare (2010) – ISBN 978-99956-38-41-2
• Rilindja e Europes (2010) – ISBN 978-99956-38-47-4
• Fati i nje shekulli (2010) – ISBN 978-99956-38-51-1
• Letters to America / Letra Amerikes (2011) – ISBN 978-99956-38-94-8
• Dinamika e modernitetit pluralizues (2012) - ISBN 9789928060365
• Politika dhe historia (2012) - ISBN 978-99956-39-50-1
• Dija, universiteti dhe demokracia (2012) - ISBN 978-99280-60-47-1
• Pamundesia e projektit europian (2013) - ISBN 978-99281-65-23-7
• Shkencat e shoqërisë: Sociologjia si disiplinë integruese për studimin e jetës shoqërore with a Foreword by Anthony Giddens (2013) - ISBN 978-99281-64-44-5
• Përplasje qytetërimesh? Radikalizmi islamik në kontekst historik dhe politik (2013) - ISBN 978-99281-64-75-9
• Arsim i lartë për një shoqëri të hapur (2013) - ISBN 978-99956-39-51-8
• Politika si gramatikë dhe metaforë (2014) - ISBN 978-99281-64-85-8
• Imagjinata sociologjike dhe bota jonë sociale (2014) - ISBN 978-99281-64-92-6
• Një botë e mbarsur për shekullin e 21-të (2014) - ISBN 978-99281-64-96-4
• Bona fide (2014) - ISBN 978-99281-86-14-0
• Hakmarrja është imja: Morfologjia sociale dhe gramatika morale e gjakmarrjes (2014)

Sources

• Peter, Lucas (2007), "Foreword", To Albania, with Love by Fatos Tarifa, Hamilton Books, ISBN 978-0-7618-3590-5.
• Jay Weinstein; Bavjola Shatro; Klementin Mile (2011), Sociologjia shqiptare dhe profili i studiuesit Fatos Tarifa, Ombra GVG, ISBN 978-99280-60-11-2
• Barbara, Heyns (2003), "Introduction", Social Problems of Transition by Fatos Tarifa, Smiet, ISBN 90-806178-5-7.

• 1954 births
• Living people
• 20th-century Albanian writers
• University of Tirana alumni
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
• Ambassadors of Albania to the Netherlands
• Ambassadors of Albania to the United States
• Academic staff of the University of Tirana
• 21st-century Albanian writers
• Albanian male writers
• Albanian-language writers
• Campbell University faculty
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty
• Eastern Michigan University faculty
• Academic staff of the International Institute of Social Studies
• Albanian social sciences writers
• 20th-century male writers