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No Dream in Georgia? Domestic quarrels and local elections show: "winner takes all" likely to continue

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  • Schiffers, Sonja
  • Smolnik, Franziska

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Even though the country is a regional frontrunner, Georgian democracy is not yet consolidated. Parliamentary elections in 2016 saw the governing Georgian Dream returned with a constitutional majority. The October 2017 local elections brought the ruling party another sweeping victory. Despite Georgian Dream's overwhelming electoral successes, the country faces voter apathy. Alongside lack of parliamentary controls and a fragmentation of the party-political spectrum this does not bode well for consolidating democracy in the near future.

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  • Schiffers, Sonja & Smolnik, Franziska, 2017. "No Dream in Georgia? Domestic quarrels and local elections show: "winner takes all" likely to continue," SWP Comments 43/2017, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), German Institute for International and Security Affairs.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:swpcom:432017
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