The New Georgia : Space, Society, Politics

ISBN-13: 9781857284171 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 232 str.

Revaz Gachechiladze; Georgia. Revaz Gachechiladze Tbilisi State University

Opis

A comprehensive survey and analysis of Georgia as a new state emerging from the collapsed Soviet empire, this book offers an authoritative account of the contemporary scene.

A comprehensive book on the social and political geography of one of the most distinctive newly independent States to emerge from the collapse of the Soviet Union. Being one of the most developed Soviet republics in terms of levels of welfare, education and cultural activity, Georgia is fiercely defending its national self-identity and striving for independence. The difficult process of building a nation-State and of concurrent dramatic social changes has led in the 1990s to serious complications in its development, even to the point of several civil wars. But there are signs that the crisis will be overcome before long.

Spis treści

Part 1 Background: location, territory, resources, and regions; the historical background of modern social geography; population; ethnicity and religion. Part 2 Specific issues: changing problems of the society; regional differences in welfare; spatial aspects of deviance; Tbilisi and its metropolitan region - social problems in space in collaboration with Joseph Salukvadze; ethnic tensions in geographical context.