The Politics of Culture and Identity in Postcommunist States: A New Political Cleavage in Georgia?

Jonathan Wheatley

Europe-Asia Studies, 2021, vol. 73, issue 8, 1508-1530

Abstract: The role of ideology in political competition in the former Soviet Union is under-researched. This essay uses public opinion data to identify and investigate patterns of political competition in Georgia. I find voters’ preferences on a range of issues to be underpinned by a latent cultural dimension of political ideology that concerns how citizens view the relationship between the Georgian nation and the rest of the world. I go on to present evidence that this dimension is, at least to some extent, both embedded in social structure and reflected in voting patterns.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2020.1817337

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