THE THIRD SECTOR THAT STOOD NO CHANCE: COLLAPSE OF GEORGIAN CIVIL SOCIETY, OR ELITISM VS. VALUES
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Georgia, the state, civil society, elections, intelligentsia, elites, NGOs, the media.Abstract
The author analyzes the prerequisites and specifics of the development of civil society in Georgia, as well as the contradictions between society and the state and between society and NGOs. He looks at how the attitude of the people in power toward the electorate changes after elections, as well as at the population’s feelings about the state and political elites. He also identifies the factors that interfere with the development of real civil society in Georgia and the methods used to shape public opinion.
He focuses particular attention on the “intelligentsia” as a social phenomenon and describes in detail its involvement in political life and in shaping civil society and public opinion.
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