The Role of Civic Nationalism in Transformation of the Internal Ethnic Politics of Post-Soviet Georgia
Publisher: ECMI Volume: 16 pages, pdf Description: The paper analyzes the transformation process of ethnic politics in Georgia in the post-Soviet period. It reconstructs the course of the transition of the ethnic nationalism of the post-Soviet Georgia (early 1990s) to the liberal nationalism with civic elements during Shevardnadze’s presidency, ending with the fully-fledged civic nationalism of the era of Saakashvili (since 2005). The post-Rose Revolutionary period (since 2003) was declared as a stage of civic integration of national minorities into the political and social life of the country.