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The Making of Modern Georgia, 1918-2012 - The first Georgian republic and its successors (Hardcover)
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The Making of Modern Georgia, 1918-2012 - The first Georgian republic and its successors (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
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When most of Eastern Europe was struggling with dictatorships of
one kind or another, the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921)
established a constitution, a parliamentary system with national
elections, an active opposition, and a free press. Like the
Democratic Republic of Georgia in 1918, its successors emerged
after 1991 from a bankrupt empire, and faced, yet again, the task
of establishing a new economic, political and social system from
scratch. In both 1918 and 1991, Georgia was confronted with a
hostile Russia and followed a pro-Western and pro-democratic
course. The top regional experts in this book explore the domestic
and external parallels between the Georgian post-colonial
governments of the early twentieth and twenty-first centuries. How
did the inexperienced Georgian leaders in both eras deal with the
challenge of secessionism, what were their state building
strategies, and what did democracy mean to them? What did their
electoral systems look like, why were their economic strategies so
different, and how did they negotiate with the international
community neighbouring threats. These are the central challenges of
transitional governments around the world today. Georgia's
experience over one hundred years suggests that both history and
contemporary political analysis offer the best (and most
interesting) explanation of the often ambivalent outcomes.
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