Vol. 3 (1) 2017. 29 The lack of political ideologies in Kosovo’s political parties Mehdi Sejdiu Alban Haliti Key words: Kosovo, party politics, political ideology Sejdiu, Haliti - The lack of political ideologies in Kosovo’s political parties Abstract. Many long established political parties in the world and in particular in the Western Liberal Democracies are founded on ideologies. Ideologies promote certain values, programs, doctrines, myths and principles of a certain group, class or institution. According to Heywood (2012), an ideology is more or less coherent set of ideas that provides the basis for organized political action, whether this be intended to preserve, modify, or overthrow the existing system of power. Ideologies serve to organize the social, political and economic life of the citizens, by also giving their take on things like morality, religion, freedom, individual rights, etc. Usually ideologies offer an account of the existing order i.e. worldview, advance a model of a desired future i.e. ‘good society’, and they explain how political change should be brought about (Heywood, 2012). This paper gives an account of why parties in Kosovo lack ideology and the ideological stance the three main political parties in Kosovo claim. Moreover, it also considers the ramiications of not having clear ideologies in political parties of a transitional hybrid democracy like Kosovo, which seeks to consolidate its democracy.