Georgia from National Awakening to Rose Revolution: Delayed Transition in the Former Soviet UnionJonathan Wheatley examines the tortuous process of regime change in Georgia from the first pro-independence protests of 1988 to the aftermath of the so-called Rose Revolution in 2004. It is set within a comparative framework that includes other transition countries, particularly those in the former Soviet Union. The book provides two important theoretical innovations: the notion of a regime, which is an under-theorized concept in the field of transition literature, and O'Donnell, Schmitter and Karl's notion of a dynamic actor-driven transition. The volume turns to the structural constraints that framed the transition in Georgia and in other republics of the former Soviet Union by looking at the state and society in the USSR at the close of the Soviet period. It examines the evolution and nature of the Georgian regime, and ultimately addresses the theoretical and empirical problems posed by Georgia's so-called Rose Revolution following the falsification of parliamentary elections by the incumbent authorities. |
Contents
Implications for Regime Change | |
Nationalist Mobilization in Georgia 19891991 | |
Shevardnadzes Return and its Aftermath 19921995 | |
The Georgian State 19962001 | |
The Influence of Society on the Georgian State 19962001 | |
A Second Transition? | |
Conclusion | |
Appendix | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
9 April Abkhaz Abkhazia accessed According actors Adjara appointed Armenia Aslan Abashidze Azerbaijan Batumi bloc Burjanadze cent centres Chairman Chapter civil society Communist Party Constitution corruption Council critical phase culture decision Democracy deputies economic Eduard Shevardnadze electoral established ethnic faction force former Soviet republics former Soviet Union gamgebeli Gamsakhurdia Georgian political Ghia Nodia groups independent Internal Affairs Interview Ioseliani Jaba Ioseliani Kitovani Kvemo Kartli leaders Liberty Institute Merab Kostava Mikheil Saakashvili Ministry of Internal Mkhedrioni National Democratic National Movement nationalist networks nomenklatura November October official opposition organizations Parliament parliamentary elections party list period pluralism police political elite political parties political regime Popular Front population post-Soviet President reformers region remained Republican resignation role Rose Revolution rule Russian Rustavi-2 sakrebulo Samegrelo seats social Source South Ossetia structures Supreme Soviet Tbilisi transition Ukraine USSR vote Zurab Zhvania Zviad Gamsakhurdia Zviadist