Parliamentary Elections in 2012

Dimitri Gvindadze ()

Chapter Chapter 19 in The Transformation of Georgia from 2004 to 2012, 2023, pp 171-175 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter explains reasons behind the United National Movement’s defeat in the 2012 parliamentary elections: Georgia’s relations with Russia, a difficulty of staying in power beyond two consecutive terms, the personality of the leader of the opposition, Georgia’s social contract of 2004–2012, a prison abuse scandal and the tragedy of a drowned toddler, the Georgian Dream’s economic, geopolitical and democratic promise.

Keywords: Elections; Social contract; Prison scandal; Political legacy; Electoral promise (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-18264-8_19

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