| Autor: | Aydin, Gulsen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Ph.D. Thesis |
| Popis: | The objective of this thesis is to explain the dynamics bringing about the removal of the Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze from power through the &lsquo Rose Revolution&rsquo Relying on an historical sociological approach, contrary to the society-centered and the state-centered studies in the literature on the &lsquo this thesis argues that the coercive, administrative, extractive, distributive and regulative incapacitation of the Georgian state, which resulted in the loss of state autonomy vis-à vis domestic and external political actors before the &lsquo led to the removal of Shevardnadze. In fact, the society-centered studies, which exclusively focus exclusively on the political opposition, the NGOs and the mass media, fail to explain the dynamics of the &lsquo since they neglect the role of the state. Likewise, the state-centered studies&rsquo exclusive focus on the coercive aspect of the Georgian state capacity resulted in the insufficient explanation of the &lsquo since they neglect other aspects of state capacity such as administrative, extractive, distributive and regulative. The thesis consists of six main chapters, introduction and conclusion. Chapter 2 develops the theoretical framework of the study. Chapter 3 explores the historical background. Chapter 4 examines the process leading up to the &lsquo Chapter 5 and 6 analyze the &lsquo and its aftermath. Before the concluding chapter, Chapter 7 compares the Georgian case with the other seven post-Soviet cases. |
| Databáze: | Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations |
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