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Giorgi Kandelaki and Giorgi Meladze – Enough! Kmara and the Rose Revolution in Georgia

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Why, of all post-Soviet countries, was Georgia the one where such a democratic breakthrough was possible for the first time 유튜브 동영상 여러개 다운로드? What factors and actors made the revolution possible? How important and substantial was western assistance? The following analysis endeavors to explore these questions 다운로드.

Kandelaki, G. and G. Meladze (2007). ‘Enough! Kmara and the Rose Revolution in Georgia’. In Joerg Forbrig and Pavol Demeš (Eds.), Reclaiming Democracy 다운로드. Civil society and Electoral Change in Central and Eastern Europe. Pp. 101- 125. Washington DC: German Marshall Fund of the United States.

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Christoph H. Stefes – Governance, the State, and Systemic Corruption: Armenia and Georgia in Comparison

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Endemic corruption has been a destructive legacy of Soviet rule for most successor states of the Soviet Union. Yet as the two cases of this study demonstrate, corruption has manifested itself in different ways 맥북 워드. While the smooth transition of power in the early 1990s has allowed Armenia’s political leaders to use corruption to consolidate firm control over the state apparatus, Georgia’s tumultuous transition has caused the disintegration of the state apparatus into feuding groups that abuse their official positions for private gain hp 무선랜 드라이버. However, while Georgia’s chaotic form of corruption has offered room for democratic change, Armenia’s political system is stable but more strongly authoritarian 다운로드.

Stefes, C. H. (2008). Governance, the state, and systemic corruption: Armenia and Georgia in comparison. Caucasian Review of International Affairs, 2(2), 73-83 Yuzu download.

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Lili Di Puppo – The Construction of Success in Anti-Corruption Activity in Georgia

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This article examines anti-corruption activities in Georgia after the Rose Revolution of  November 2003 under the administration of Mikheil Saakashvili csr8510 a10 드라이버 다운로드. It aims to analyse the existence of different assessments on the country’s success in fighting corruption and applies an interpretive framework to study these assessments as “narratives” that reveal the diverging or converging interests of anti-corruption actors in sustaining a common narrative on the country’s reforms 앨런 웨이크 다운로드.

Di Puppo, L. (2014). The construction of success in anti-corruption activity in Georgia. East European Politics, 30(1), 105-122 adobe air 다운로드.

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Stacy Closson – State Weakness in Perspective: Strong Politico-Economic Networks in Georgia’s Energy Sector

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Taking the case of Georgia, this article considers the role of politico-economic networks in weakening the energy sector in a post-Soviet state 다운로드. It concludes that in a weak state, networks have replaced legitimate channels of communication and no amount of foreign financial or technical assistance can make up for the lack of will among the stakeholders to develop an efficient energy system 8월의 크리스마스 영화 다운로드.

Closson, S. (2009). State weakness in perspective: strong politico-economic networks in Georgia’s energy sector. Europe-Asia Studies, 61(5), 759-778 다운로드.

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Till Bruckner – Decision-Making and Georgia’s Perpetual Revolution: The Case of IDP Housing

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Examining the government’s efforts to provide housing to those internally displaced by the August 2008 conflict with Russia sheds light not only on the housing program itself, but on contemporary Georgian politics in general 허니셀렉트 캐릭터 다운로드. In particular, four traits characteristic of the United National Movement’s revolutionary governance are brought into focus: informal decision-making, fluid roles, heroic action, and vanguard politics 다운로드.

Bruckner, T. (2009). Decision-Making and Georgia’s Perpetual Revolution: The Case of IDP Housing. Caucasian Review of International Affairs, 3(2), 172-180 다운로드.

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