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In this research paper will be given empirical analysis about political and legal changes after the fall of communism in the Western Balkans with a separate emphasis on the process of disintegration of former Yugoslavia and the creation of an independent state of Macedonia. Important place in this paper occupy the challenges facing society in the period of prolonged transition in Macedonia, focusing on the policy process in conformity with multiethnic society model of Arend Lijphart models of democracy. This scientific research will reflect the advancement analysis about events and changes in socio-legal and economic future of the societies that abandoned communism. Also in this paper the political culture is addressed which was largely conditioned by the legacy of authoritarian political culture and the creation of a democratic political culture, emphasizing its role in the creation of new actors in the policymaking process. The process of transformation of society is a long process of time followed by many surprises and disappointment, fraud, abuse and other sociopathological phenomena, thus worsening the lives of most people. The fall of the Berlin Wall and the removal of the " Iron Curtain " in post-communist countries was celebrated as a victory of democracy, but this festive euphoria did not last long because soon people were faced with the harsh reality of transition. Unresolved issues vital to multiethnic society has its results, the conflict in 2001 in Macedonia. Lack of political dialogue continues to be the generators of the crisis and an obstacle to the realization of Euro-integration processes. This is best illustrated in R Dahl words that the transformation of political institutions had only a few years and the transformation of political culture needs decades.
Key words: transition, political culture, communism, democracy, policy making.
The transformation of the states from communist system to a democracy in the Western Balkans as a process has proved to be a very difficult challenge to face and overcome. The best indicator of this situation is the stagnation of post-communist countries compared with Western European countries. The challenges faced by these countries are almost identical, the difference is that somewhere are more expressed, somewhere are better concealed and somewhere are less pronounced. What are the challenges that these countries face?! Most authors...