Since the 2003 revolution that brought to power President Mikheil Saakashvili, the post-
Soviet Republic of Georgia has implemented a major programme of police reforms …

Description: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2019.| Series: Routledge
contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series; 91| Includes bibliographical references …

This article asks under which conditions the state‐building efforts of external actors in areas
of limited statehood are likely to be effective. We argue that the legitimacy of the specific …

Despite the increasing attention in academic literature, it continues to be extremely
challenging to capture the complexity of reintegration processes and post‐return situations …

Many European countries have developed assisted voluntary return and reintegration
(AVRR) programmes to support the return and reintegration of migrants who do not have a …

This article advances our understanding of differences in hybrid stability by going beyond
existing regime typologies that separate the study of political institutions from the study of …

Corruption perception indices are conventionally used as a proxy for mirroring the real
corruption level in a country. This article studies the potential impact of the perception of …

This article analyses Georgia's post-Rose Revolution progress in the process of democratic
transition up until the August 2008 war. The focus is on the role that the incumbent …

Although" democracy promotion" has become a popular term for policy makers and
scholars, democratization is rarely a smooth or linear transition. While some countries …

This special issue introduces new research on informal markets and trade in Central Asia
and the Caucasus. The research presented here was conducted in Armenia, Georgia …