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Co-optation or Empowerment? The Fate of Pro-Democracy NGOs after the Rose Revolution

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Western governments spend millions of dollars annually supporting the non-governmental sphere, and especially pro-democracy organisations, in non-democracies. The essay explores how inclusion of pro-democracy organisations into the state after democratic breakthrough can enhance or inhibit democratic consolidation, arguing inclusion can actually weaken the NGO community by creating rifts between one-time partners with suddenly disparate agendas. This argument is applied to the case of Georgia following the 2003 ‘Rose Revolution’. Evidence is based on elite interviews conducted in summer 2007.

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  • Brian Grodsky, 2012. "Co-optation or Empowerment? The Fate of Pro-Democracy NGOs after the Rose Revolution," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 64(9), pages 1684-1708.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:64:y:2012:i:9:p:1684-1708
    DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2012.718419
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    1. Jenderedjian, Anna & Bellows, Anne C., 2019. "Addressing food and nutrition security from a human rights-based perspective: A mixed-methods study of NGOs in post-Soviet Armenia and Georgia," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 46-56.

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