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1 online resource (764 pages) |
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Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series |
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Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series.
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Maps; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on transliteration and terminology; Introduction; Good neighbors, bad neighbors; Creating democracy; Home for whom?; The power of the past; Conclusion; Notes; Part I: Good neighbors, bad neighbors; 1. Geopolitics and foreign powers in the modern history of Georgia: Comparing 1918-21 and 1991-2010; Introduction; 1918-21: the Democratic Republic of Georgia; The second republic, and after; The Georgian bridge; The return of geopolitics |
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ConclusionNotes; 2. The Russian-Georgian war and its implications for Georgia's state building; The problem of a neo-imperialist neighbor; Russia's sphere of interests; "Kin-statism" as an instrument of foreign policy; Balance of interests?; Conclusion; Notes; 3. Georgia's European aspirations and the Eastern partnership; Introduction; Retrospective; The August war and the return of history; Georgia's multitude of concerns; Georgia and the European Union; New horizons; Notes; 4. Georgia as a geographical pivot: past, present, and future; Introduction; Historical trade routes |
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The South Caucasus and the Democratic Republic of GeorgiaThe new Georgia: a bridge to Europe; The Eurasian energy corridor; The August war and the Georgian pivot; Prospects for the future; Conclusion; Notes; 5. Georgia's military and civil security challenges; The theoretical approach to security threats; Security challenges in the Georgian Democratic Republic; Military security challenges in post-communist Georgia: border security; Military challenges and the national security concepts of Georgia; The Russian threat; Civil security challenges in the national security concepts of Georgia |
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Nuclear and radiological securityTransnational organized crime and corruption; Modernization or democratization?; Conclusion; Notes; Part II: Creating democracy, building states; 6. Georgia's ethnic diversity: a challenge to state-building; Introduction; The Soviet legacy and the myth of Georgian multiculturalism; The first republic and its successors; Post-Soviet Georgia and the evolution of Georgian nationality policies; State-minority relations: justice and security; Conclusion; Notes; 7. The Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-21) and the search for the Georgian model of democracy |
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Plans for Georgian democracyThe constitutional vision; The sovereignty of the people; A legal state; Democracy as the constitutional backbone; The most democratic state; Unitarism or federalism?; Local self-governance: the cornerstone of Georgian democracy; The Constitution of 1921 and modern Georgia; Conclusion; Notes; 8. The Democratic Republic of Georgia: forgotten lessons for our democracy; Introduction; Consolidated democracies: an historical perspective; The role of political parties; The relevance of the first republic to Georgia today; Conclusion; Notes |
| Summary |
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 region |
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9. March of the goblins: permanent revolution in Georgia |
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Print version record |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Former Soviet Republics.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
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Politics and government
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Georgia (Republic) -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054253
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Georgia (Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1917-1991. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97008702
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Georgia (Republic) -- History -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006284
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Georgia (Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95009334
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Georgia (Republic)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317815938 |
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1317815939 |
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