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No 38: Regional Development in Adjara - The view of the local population

Author(s): Nana Papiashvili, Martin Demant Frederiksen
Editor(s): Lili Di Puppo, Iris Kempe, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perović
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), Zurich, Switzerland, Jefferson Institute, Washington, DC, USA, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Tbilisi, Georgia, Research Centre for East European Studi, Bremen, Germany
Date of publication: 26 Apr 2012
Issue number: 38
Pages: 12
Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)

Description: This issue of the Caucasus Analytical Digest examines the Adjara population’s attitudes toward the region’s development since Georgia’s 2003 Rose Revolution. On the basis of survey data, Nana Papiashvili finds an overall positive attitude among Adjarian citizens towards recent developments, in particular, infrastructure projects, even if some key social issues remain unresolved. Martin Demant Frederiksen nuances this positive picture on the basis of an ethnographic study of young people’s attitudes and finds that local perceptions of governmental development projects are also characterized by insecurity and suspicion, in particular, uncertainty regarding the real benefactors of such projects.

General note: 2012 © Center for Security Studies (CSS), Heinrich Böll Foundation, Resource Security Institute (RSI), Research Centre for East European Studies (FSOE)

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