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Stephen F. Jones

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Description:Georgia emerged from the fall of the Soviet empire in 1991 with the promise of swift economic and democratic reform. But that promise remains unfulfilled. Economic collapse, secessionist challenges, civil war and the failure to escape the legacy of Soviet rule - culminating in the 2008 war with Russia - made the transition to democratic institutions andconsolidated statehood a difficult struggle that has lasted over two decades.In 1991, fifteen new states emerged from the disintegrating Soviet Union. To Western observers, Georgia was one of the most promising republics for achieving swift economicand democratic reform. Instead, the country descended into civil war and a period of populist authoritarianism. Within a year of its declaration of independence, Georgia was a ‘failed state’ on the verge of dissolution. Former Soviet foreign minister, Eduard Shevardnadze, returned as the president of the newly independent state in order to restore and rebuild, but over the next decade the country slipped into a period of political stagnation and corruption. Enraged by the country’s decline, a group of rebellious young politicians, subsequently dubbed the ‘Rose Revolutionaries’, ousted Shevardnadze in 2003, promising clean government, democracy and effective institutions. However, the Georgian opposition claimsthat, in seven years of power, the Rose Revolutionaries have failed to deliver their domestic promises.Jones’ examination of more than two decades of Georgian political struggle for independence and democracy is a chronicle and analysis of the hopes and disappointments of Georgia’s aspiring democracy builders. Focusing on the domestic challenges to democracy and state-building faced by an impoverished and complex multinational state, his book examines the workings of government, popular interaction with the state, and the emergence of new social groups.As the war with Russia in August 2008 merely highlighted Georgia’s continuing vulnerability to external forces and geopolitical rivalries, Jones also examines the events of the war and its implications for international law and Russia’s relations with Europe and the US. An authoritative and commanding exploration of Georgia since independence, Stephen Jones’ critical analysis of Georgia’s political and economic development is essential for those interested in the post-Soviet world.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Georgia: A Political History Since Independence. To get started finding Georgia: A Political History Since Independence, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Georgia emerged from the fall of the Soviet empire in 1991 with the promise of swift economic and democratic reform. But that promise remains unfulfilled. Economic collapse, secessionist challenges, civil war and the failure to escape the legacy of Soviet rule - culminating in the 2008 war with Russia - made the transition to democratic institutions andconsolidated statehood a difficult struggle that has lasted over two decades.In 1991, fifteen new states emerged from the disintegrating Soviet Union. To Western observers, Georgia was one of the most promising republics for achieving swift economicand democratic reform. Instead, the country descended into civil war and a period of populist authoritarianism. Within a year of its declaration of independence, Georgia was a ‘failed state’ on the verge of dissolution. Former Soviet foreign minister, Eduard Shevardnadze, returned as the president of the newly independent state in order to restore and rebuild, but over the next decade the country slipped into a period of political stagnation and corruption. Enraged by the country’s decline, a group of rebellious young politicians, subsequently dubbed the ‘Rose Revolutionaries’, ousted Shevardnadze in 2003, promising clean government, democracy and effective institutions. However, the Georgian opposition claimsthat, in seven years of power, the Rose Revolutionaries have failed to deliver their domestic promises.Jones’ examination of more than two decades of Georgian political struggle for independence and democracy is a chronicle and analysis of the hopes and disappointments of Georgia’s aspiring democracy builders. Focusing on the domestic challenges to democracy and state-building faced by an impoverished and complex multinational state, his book examines the workings of government, popular interaction with the state, and the emergence of new social groups.As the war with Russia in August 2008 merely highlighted Georgia’s continuing vulnerability to external forces and geopolitical rivalries, Jones also examines the events of the war and its implications for international law and Russia’s relations with Europe and the US. An authoritative and commanding exploration of Georgia since independence, Stephen Jones’ critical analysis of Georgia’s political and economic development is essential for those interested in the post-Soviet world.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Georgia: A Political History Since Independence. To get started finding Georgia: A Political History Since Independence, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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