CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Mamulaishvili, Davit |
|---|---|
| Title | Impact of Varying Sequencing of Post-Communist Economic Reforms on Construction of Democratic Societies in the Republic of Georgia and Ukraine |
| Summary | The given research paper examines the effects of initial economic reforms in the post-Socialist transition paths of Ukraine and Georgia. Using the evaluation criteria from the Economist Intelligence Unit, the author argues that Ukraine has become relatively more democratic country than Georgia and identifies the intensity and sequencing of initial economic reforms as the primary reason for explaining various stages of democratization processes in comparably equivalent, in terms of initial political, social and economic starting points, countries of Georgia and Ukraine. Furthermore, the paper incorporates a discussion of potential alternative explanations for political divergence between the two countries and argues that none of the alternative assertions are significant enough to account for the observed political differences. The author develops a chain of arguments that explain the relationship between varying implementations of economic reforms and ensuing results on democratization of political processes in the two countries. |
| Supervisor | Hancke, Robert |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/mamulaishvili_davit.pdf |
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