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Richard Bennet – Delivering on the Hope of the Rose Revolution: Public Sector Reform in Georgia, 2004-2009

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Following the peaceful Rose Revolution in November 2003, Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili and State Minister for Reform Coordination Kakha Bendukidze sought to overhaul the country’s Soviet-style bureaucracy, which had become the target of public anger 다운로드. Borrowing ideas from libertarian, free-market think tanks and the New Public Management model, Bendukidze recruited a staff, eliminated redundant functions in the executive arm of government, consolidated ministries and slashed the size of the civil service 캡처 도구 다운로드. Bendukidze’s vision of limited government complemented Saakashvili’s goal of eliminating corruption by reducing opportunities for bribe taking. Although Bendukidze was instrumental in developing many of the reform policies, his office left the implementation of reforms to individual ministries 한컴 오피스 2010 체험판 다운로드. This case chronicles the steps that the Georgian government took to reorganize and consolidate its operations, capitalizing on public support in order to make rapid and bold changes 다운로드.

Bennet, R. (2011). “Delivering on the Hope of the Rose Revolution: Public Sector Reform in Georgia, 2004-2009” 다운로드. Princeton: Princeton University, Innovations for Successful Societies. 

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David Rinnert – The Politics of Civil Service and Administrative Reforms in Development—Explaining Within‐Country Variation of Reform Outcomes in Georgia after the Rose Revolution

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This article examines the role of politics as a determinant of civil service and administrative (CSA) reform outcomes in Georgia. The majority of existing studies on CSA reforms face several methodological challenges, which make it difficult to understand the influence of politics in more detail 다운로드. Based on literature review findings, the article proposes a model for within-country comparisons that allows one to control for a number of variables such as context and policy design 가톨릭 성경책.

Rinnert, D. (2015). The Politics of Civil Service and Administrative Reforms in Development—Explaining Within‐Country Variation of Reform Outcomes in Georgia after the Rose Revolution 다운로드. Public Administration and Development, 35(1), 19-33.

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Florian Mühlfried – Banquets, Grant-Eaters and the Red Intelligentsia in Post-Soviet Georgia

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In many societies banquets are powerful tools for expressing, attributing and manipulating national identity. Additionally, they often function as social markers of individual passages like birth, baptism and marriage. Banquets are ruled by etiquette and force participants to subordinate to a collective code of behavior. In post-Soviet Georgia, the supra, a highly formalized banquet, is a core element of national culture and a crucial part of both festivities and daily life 다운로드.

Mühlfried, F. (2005). Banquets, Grant-Eaters and the Red Intelligentsia in Post-Soviet Georgia. Central Eurasian Studies Review, 4(1), 16-19 차라리 다운로드.

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Revaz Gachechiladze – The New Georgia: Space, Society, Politics

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After the collapse of the socialist political system that had glued the Soviet Union together, two dozen nations re-emerged on the world stage 다운로드. The New Georgia presents both a broad and an intimate view of society in one of those nations, a country previously best known to the West as the home of the infamous Stalin 다운로드.

Composed by candlelight and typed during short intervals when electricity was available, the book begins with general geographical and historical background of this country, sitting precariously at the political crossroads of eastern Europe and western Asia 다운로드. Part I also includes sections on many aspects of social geography, including population and family dynamics, education, employment, class stratifications, housing, ethnicity, and religion 강남화타.

Part II analyzes the specific issues of a rapidly changing society, including the sudden transition to a market economy, regional variations in welfare, crime and drug abuse, urban-specific problems, and ethnic tensions 다운로드. Despite the maze of problems in post-Soviet Georgia, Gachechiladze concludes hopefully that “Georgia will come closer to the way of development that all progressive countries of the West have 다운로드. . . .

Gachechiladze, R. (1995). The New Georgia: Space, Society, Politics. London: UCL press.

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Natalie Sabanadze – Globalization and Nationalism: The Cases of Georgia and the Basque Country

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Argues for an original, unorthodox conception about the relationship between globalization and contemporary nationalism 끝까지 간다. While the prevailing view holds that nationalism and globalization are forces of clashing opposition, Sabanadze establishes that these tend to become allied forces 포토샵 무설치 다운로드. Acknowledges that nationalism does react against the rising globalization and represents a form of resistance against globalizing influences, but the Basque and Georgian cases prove that globalization and nationalism can be complementary rather than contradictory tendencies 다운로드.

Nationalists have often served as promoters of globalization, seeking out globalizing influences and engaging with global actors out of their very nationalist interests 다운로드. In the case of both Georgia and the Basque Country, there is little evidence suggesting the existence of strong, politically organized nationalist opposition to globalization 다운로드.

Discusses why, on a broader scale, different forms of nationalism develop differing attitudes towards globalization and engage in different relationships 레포트 목차.

Sabanadze, N. (2010). Globalization and Nationalism: The Cases of Georgia and the Basque country. Central European University Press.

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