CERS Research Projects

CONTENTS
ix   Preface
xv  Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
13 Cast of Characters
    Part 1. THREE OPENINGS FOR DEMOCRACY IN GEORGIA
17 1 Independence and the Failure of Gamsakhurdia’s Rule
33 2  Shevardnadze’s  Constitutional Founding and the Rise of Zhvania’s “Young Reformers”
51 3  Gamkrelidze  and the Collapse of the CUG
   Part 2. CHAOTIC PLURALISM ON THE BRINK OF A CONSOLIDATED DEMOCRACY
69 4 2002 Local-Government Elections and Zhvania’s Political Rebirth
83 5 Parties Prepare for the Parliamentary Elections While the NGO Community and Rustavi 2 Prepare for the Revolution
109 6 Failure of the United Opposition and Failure of the Baker Formula
127 7 The Fall Campaign
149 8 The Rose Revolution
   Part 3. DANGERS OF NEW AUTHORITARIANISM
191 9 Revolution Achievements
197 10 Saakashvili’s Constitution and Legal One-Man Rule
211 11 The Rule of Law and the Rule of Men
227 12 Elections and Unbalanced
Governance
249 13 Media Freedom, or lack  Thereof
269 14 Civil Society, Illusionary and Real
297 Conclusion
315 Notes
345 Bibliography
351 Index