War and Revolution in the Caucasus : Georgia Ablaze

ISBN-13: 9780415565271 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 176 str.

Stephen F. Jones

Opis

The Caucasus has traditionally been a playground of contesting empires, it is associated with the geopolitical struggles and ethnic conflicts of August 2008. Speculation on the causes and consequences of the war focused on power rivalries, oil pipeline routes, and Russian imperial aspirations. This book explores these causes.

Spis treści

1. Preface: Georgia on Everybody’s Mind: The Aftermath of War Ronald Suny  2. Introduction: Georgia's Domestic Front Stephen Jones  The Colonial Context  3. ‘David and Goliath’ and ‘Georgians in the Kremlin’: A post-colonial perspective on conflict in post-Soviet Georgia Laurence Broers  4. Managing Ethnic Diversity in Georgia: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back Jonathan Wheatley  The Revolutionary State  5. The Dangers of Reform: State Building and National Minorities in Georgia Julie George  6. The August 2008 War in Georgia: From Ethnic Conflict to Border Wars Vicken Cheterian  A Polarized Democracy  7. Compromising Democracy-State Building in Saakashvili’s Georgia Lincoln Mitchell  8. Saakashvili in the Public Eye Nana Sumbadze  The Post-Revolutionary Economy  9. Georgia’s Economy: Post-revolutionary Development and Post-war Difficulties Vladimer Papava  10. Corruption and Organized Crime in Georgia before and after the ‘Rose Revolution’ Alexandre Kukhianidze  An Alternative Perspective  11. The View from Abkhazia of South Ossetia Ablaze Paula Garb

O autorze

Stephen Jones is a Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, USA. He has studied Georgian politics and society for 30 years and has written over 80 articles and chapters on Georgia and the South Caucasus. His recent book Socialism in Georgian Colors: The European Road to Social Democracy, 1883-1917, was published by Harvard University Press in 2005. He is currently working on a book, Georgia: A Political Life, 1991-2007, to be published by I.B.Tauris, London.