Books and E-Papers Here you find an overview or download publications of the Heinrich Böll Foundation Tbilisi Office - South Caucasus Region. Books and E-Papers on Democracy Books and E-Papers on Gender Democracy Books and E-Papers on Environment and Energy Books and E-Papers on Conflict Transformation Books and E-Papers on Urban Developement Books and E-Papers on Memory Politics All Books and E-Papers Articles Georgia through the prism of social contracts The purpose of this essay is to discuss the four formal and informal governments of post-Soviet Georgia, which were led by Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Eduard Shevardnadze, Mikheil Saakashvili, and Bidzina Ivanishvili, through the prism of vertical social contracts. By Dr. Zaal Andronikashvili A post-revolutionary hike through Armenia’s information technology landscape This essay describes a journey in time. We ‘hike’ from the aftermath of the Velvet Revolution to the 2021 election. The hike covers selected parts of the IT landscape, especially its role as a driver for economic transformation and social change. By Christian Kexel Waves of Judicial Reform That Cannot Reach the Shore The Georgian judiciary has been in the process of ongoing reform since Georgia gained its independence. However, to this day, we have not created judicial institutions that will resist internal and external influences. We could not make a system free from internal corporate, financial, or party interests. By Guram Imnadze All Articles
Georgia through the prism of social contracts The purpose of this essay is to discuss the four formal and informal governments of post-Soviet Georgia, which were led by Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Eduard Shevardnadze, Mikheil Saakashvili, and Bidzina Ivanishvili, through the prism of vertical social contracts. By Dr. Zaal Andronikashvili
A post-revolutionary hike through Armenia’s information technology landscape This essay describes a journey in time. We ‘hike’ from the aftermath of the Velvet Revolution to the 2021 election. The hike covers selected parts of the IT landscape, especially its role as a driver for economic transformation and social change. By Christian Kexel
Waves of Judicial Reform That Cannot Reach the Shore The Georgian judiciary has been in the process of ongoing reform since Georgia gained its independence. However, to this day, we have not created judicial institutions that will resist internal and external influences. We could not make a system free from internal corporate, financial, or party interests. By Guram Imnadze