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Georgia
From Autocracy to Democracy
Stephen F. Jones (Author), Neil MacFarlane (Author)
9781487507855
Hardback, published 25 September 2020
296 pages, 14 Figures
23.1 x 15.7 x 2.8 cm, 0.52 kg
Reflecting on the deep and complex changes in Georgian politics over the last quarter of a century, this book highlights the domestic and international developments that have shaped Georgia as a state and society. Georgia: From Autocracy to Democracy covers a wide array of topics, including the economy, elections, judicial and educational systems, relations with the EU, and Georgia’s interaction with its regional neighbours, including Russia, Turkey, and Iran. In the book, Georgian policy-makers, practitioners, and scholars who have worked in the administration, in the opposition, in the Third Sector, and in academia provide first-hand perspectives on Georgia’s political and economic life. They demonstrate unusual insight into the extraordinary transformations in Georgia over the last twenty-five years, from the authoritarianism of President Gamsakhurdia, through the experience of civil war in the 1990s, to democracy today.
Acknowledgments Foreword by Giorgi Khelashvili Part I. Historical and Geographical Context 1. Persistent Patterns in Georgian Politics, Stephen F. Jones Part II. Georgia’s Institutional Transformations 4. Higher Education and State-Building in Georgia, Marine Chitashvili Part III. Georgia and the International System 7. Georgia’s European Dilemma, Natalie Sabanadze Endnotes
Note on Transliteration and Terminology
List of Contributors
Preface by David Usupashvili
Introduction by Stephen F. Jones
Key Themes
2. New Shifts in Georgian Geography, Joseph Salukvadze and Zurab Davitashvili
3. Economic and Regional Factors in Georgia’s Political Transformation, Mikheil Tokmazishvili
Key Themes
5. Taming the Courts: Judicial Reform in Georgia (1991–2017), Vakhtang Menabde
6. Elections, Political Parties, and Social Change in Georgia (2003–2016), David Sichinava
Key Themes
8. Russian Policy towards Georgia, Neil MacFarlane
9. Georgia in the International Political Economy, Mamuka Tsereteli
10. Afterword, Neil MacFarlane
Index