CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Gejadze, Ekaterine |
|---|---|
| Title | The Results of Transition Period on Women's Political Participation from "Rose Revolution" till Today |
| Summary | The following thesis is research done on the Georgian women’s political participation during the transition period, namely from the 2003 “Rose Revolution” till today. The goal of the paper is to solve the dilemma that of the processes of drastic promotion of women politicians to the high official posts right after “Rose Revolution” and sudden ousting of female politicians from the executive and legislative branches of government by 2008. Using oral history as a research method, I focus on the narratives of the politician women who came to power during the president Saakashvili’s campaign of the female politicians’ promotion and who moved to the opposition parties after the campaign was over. In my thesis I argue that the informal political bargains carried through patronage-based selection system, lack of institutional mechanism to ensure gender equality and changed electoral system before 2008 parliamentary elections caused the decline of women politicians from dominant political arena. My thesis is situated within the theoretical framework of gender and transition and thus, aims to fill the gap in literature of gender and politics by providing case study of Georgia as a unique case of the substantial promotion of female politicians into power directed by central authorities. |
| Supervisor | Prof. Dr. habil. Andrea Peto |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/gejadze_ekaterine.pdf |
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