Development and the Role of the State; Visions of Post-Revolutionary Georgian Government
Development and the Role of the State; Visions of Post-Revolutionary Georgian Government

Author(s): Lela Rekhviashvili
Subject(s): Governance, Economic policy, Welfare systems, Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: CSS - Center for Social Sciences
Summary/Abstract: The current research attempts to offer an account of the post-revolutionary ruling elite’s discourse on development and its transformation over time. This is not an attempt to assess what the government did concerning development, but what the government said or promised. Despite the fact that issues like democratization, security, ethnic conflicts, and foreign relations affect developmental outcomes, this paper will limit itself to social and economic targets, reforms and achievements, as communicated by the Georgian government. The questions that the research aims to answer are: What was the developmental trajectory communicated by the Georgian government since 2003 to domestic and international audiences? What kind of role did the Georgian government project in social and economic development? The recent electoral success of the Georgian Dream (GD) coalition placed the former ruling party, the United National Movement (UNM), in opposition. As it is too early to interpret the development discourse of the new government as well as the new opposition, the scope of the current research will be limited to the period since the revolution to September 2012.

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