Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. Foreword: Networks, Mentors, as Agents of Change? xi
5. Preface: Reflections on the Georgian State xvii
6. Acknowledgments xxxi
7. Notes on Transliteration and Terminology xxxiii
8. Introduction 1
9. Part One: Historical and Geographical Context
10. Introduction 11
11. 1. Recurring Patterns in Georgian Politics 15
12. 2. New Shifts in Georgian Geography 38
13. 3. Economic and Regional Factors in Georgia’s Political Transformation 62
14. Part Two: Georgia’s Institutional Transformations
15. Introduction 85
16. 4. Higher Education and State Building in Georgia 89
17. 5. Taming the Courts: Judicial Reform in Georgia, 1991–2018 117
18. 6. Elections, Political Parties, and Social Change in Georgia, 2003–2018 145
19. Part Three: Georgia and the International System
20. Introduction 169
21. 7. Georgia’s European Dilemma 173
22. 8. Russian Policy towards Georgia 192
23. 9. Georgia in the International Political Economy 209
24. Afterword 229
25. Contributors 237
26. Index 243