CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Zabakhidze, Jemal |
|---|---|
| Title | Western Oriented Autocracy: The Economic, Social and Political Success of Georgia |
| Summary | This paper is dedicated to analysing how an autocratic government can benefit an undeveloped country by setting a Western orientation for their regime. In order to conduct this analysis, I will be looking at the case of Georgia and comparing it to other post-Soviet States. More specifically, this paper will examine how the Western oriented autocratic governance of the United National Movement (UNM) party in Georgia, from 2003 to 2012, improved the country’s economic and political performance, in addition to increasing the pro-Western attitude in the Georgian society. Previous literature on the topic of what type of governance is best for undeveloped states is mostly in support of democracy, rather than autocracy, while those justifying autocratic governance don’t talk about how it can increase the pro-Western attitude in societies. By comparing Georgia to other non-European Post Soviet States, mainly Armenia and Azerbaijan, this paper finds evidence that the Western oriented autocratic governance of the UNM party was beneficial for Georgia and has potential implications for other undeveloped countries as well. The first finding of this paper is that the various policies enacted by the UNM party, combined with their general approach towards ruling the country, could potentially be beneficial for improving the economic and political situation if applied to any undeveloped state. Second finding is that, while the method used by the UNM for promoting pro-Western attitude can be used for other Post Soviet States, it might not work for most undeveloped states, as the UNM’s approach relied heavily on anti-Russian propaganda in the promotion of a pro-Western attitude within the society. |
| Supervisor | Laszlo Csaba |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/zabakhidze_jemal.pdf |
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