War and Revolution in the Caucasus: Georgia Ablaze

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Notes on contributors
Abstracts
Preface: Georgia on everybody’s mind: the aftermath of war
Introduction: Georgia’s domestic front
The colonial context: ‘David and Goliath’ and ‘Georgians in the Kremlin’: a post-colonial perspective on conflict in post-Soviet Georgia
Managing ethnic diversity in Georgia: one step forward,two steps back
The dangers of reform: state building and national minorities in Georgia
The August 2008 war in Georgia: from ethnic conflict to border wars
Compromising democracy: state building in Saakashvili’s Georgia
Saakashvili in the public eye: what public opinion polls tell us
Georgia’s economy: post-revolutionary development and post-war difficulties
Corruption and organized crime in Georgia before and after the ‘Rose Revolution’
The view from Abkhazia of South Ossetia ablaze
Index