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The Georgian Regime Crisis of 2003-2004

2006-04-03 Political Science
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Release : 2006-04-03
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis The Georgian Regime Crisis of 2003-2004 by : Rebecca S Katz

Download or read book The Georgian Regime Crisis of 2003-2004 written by Rebecca S Katz. This book was released on 2006-04-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Republic of Georgia remains characterized by an unstable socio-political economy and by gross levels of economic inequality, corruption, ineffective policing, a weak judiciary, and a limited free and independent press. Currently, sixty-five percent of the population continue to live under the poverty level thus facilitating participation in crime and corruption to survive economically. Following initial independence from the Soviet Union separatist and nationalistic movements, resulting in the secession of several regions and the creation of hundreds of thousands of internally displaced Georgians. Georgia’s post-soviet history included violent political purges, including inter-political party violence, bomb attacks, and murders. Official corruption remains problematic and includes individuals at all levels of government. This exploratory narrative analysis of media coverage of crime, corruption, and politics in post-Soviet Georgia illuminates the early development of a free press while reflecting Georgian attitudes about politics and corruption. The analysis includes preelection newspaper coverage of the November 2003 parliamentary poll beginning in late August 2003, the Rose Revolution in November 2003, resulting in the resignation of President Eduard Shevardnadze, and the socio-economic and socio-political events preceding and following the election of new President Mikhail Saakashvili from January 2004 through the end of March 2004.

The 2002 Dubrovka and 2004 Beslan Hostage Crises

2006-01-16 Social Science
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Release : 2006-01-16
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis The 2002 Dubrovka and 2004 Beslan Hostage Crises by : John Dunlop

Download or read book The 2002 Dubrovka and 2004 Beslan Hostage Crises written by John Dunlop. This book was released on 2006-01-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains by far the most complete reports available in English concerning two major terrorist incidents in Russia: the October 2002 seizure of a Moscow theater at Dubrovka and the September 2004 taking of a large school in Beslan in southern Russia. The issues examined are as follows:- the backgrounds of the Muslim extremists who carried out these acts including the de facto leaders of the terrorist assaults, ethnic Chechen Ruslan Elmurzaev and Ingush Ruslan Khuchbarov;- the failure of Russian law-enforcement to prevent these two incidents, documenting both the massive corruption of the Russian security services and police and the absence of the rule of law;- the storming of the Moscow theater building and of the school at Beslan by Russian police, aided by the military, elucidating the reasons for the very large loss of life in both incidents;- the use by the Russian police of a special gas at Dubrovka and of tanks and flamethrowers at Beslan;- the evident fixation of the Putin leadership with portraying these two assaults as incidents of international Islamic terrorism linked to the Al-Qaeda network;- and the repeated attempts on the part of the Russian authorities at the time of these incidents to weaken the influence of moderate Chechen separatists headed by the late Aslan Maskhadov.

Georgia: Revolution and War

2016-03-23 History
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Release : 2016-03-23
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Georgia: Revolution and War by : Rick Fawn

Download or read book Georgia: Revolution and War written by Rick Fawn. This book was released on 2016-03-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The post-Soviet country of Georgia has generated surprise upon surprise. Its Rose Revolution in 2003 marked the first time an existing leadership of a post-Soviet state was forced to surrender power peacefully. The new leadership of Western-educated Mikheil Saakashvili initiated wide-ranging domestic reforms, including a large-scale, unprecedented anti-corruption drive. It also intensified relations with the West and sought membership of the EU and NATO. The Georgian leadership’s expressed aim of re-integrating territories lost in wars in the early 1990s resulted in a devastating conflict with Russia in 2008. All these developments, and their wider implications, receive careful yet readable attention in this collection by a truly international and specialist group of authors and practitioners. The book offers a spectrum of opinion and compelling insight into the events and decisions that have recently shaped this fascinating yet understudied country, and placed it at the forefront of interest in the changes transforming post-Soviet Eurasia. This book is based on a special issue of European Security.

Fighting Corruption in Public Services

2012-02-01 Political Science
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Release : 2012-02-01
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Fighting Corruption in Public Services by : World Bank

Download or read book Fighting Corruption in Public Services written by World Bank. This book was released on 2012-02-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book chronicles the anti-corruption reforms in public services in Georgia since the Rose Revolution in late 2003. Through a series of case studies, the book draws out the how of these reforms and distills the key success factors.

How Corruption and Anti-Corruption Policies Sustain Hybrid Regimes

2020-10-27 Political Science
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Release : 2020-10-27
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Book Synopsis How Corruption and Anti-Corruption Policies Sustain Hybrid Regimes by : Oksana Huss

Download or read book How Corruption and Anti-Corruption Policies Sustain Hybrid Regimes written by Oksana Huss. This book was released on 2020-10-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leaders of hybrid regimes in pursuit of political domination and material gain instrumentalize both hidden forms of corruption and public anti-corruption policies. Corruption is pursued for different purposes including cooperation with strategic partners and exclusion of opponents. Presidents use anti-corruption policies to legitimize and institutionalize political domination. Corrupt practices and anti-corruption policies become two sides of the same coin and are exercised to maintain an uneven political playing field. This study combines empirical analysis and social constructivism for an investigation into the presidencies of Leonid Kuchma (1994–2005), Viktor Yushchenko (2005–2010), and Viktor Yanukovych (2010–2014). Explorative expert interviews, press surveys, content analysis of presidential speeches, as well as critical assessment of anti-corruption legislation are used for comparison and process tracing of the utilization of corruption under three Ukrainian presidents.

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