Trapped in informality? A study of informal politics in Georgia's Javakheti

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23761199.2018.1480191" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23761199.2018.1480191</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Trapped in informality? A study of informal politics in Georgia's Javakheti

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The article focuses on Javakheti, Georgia's historical region with a predominantly ethnic Armenian population, in which informal political institutions play a crucial role. The article is largely based on field research which was conducted in three stages in 2011, 2015, and 2017. At first, I introduce the concept of informal politics. Contrary to the popular perception of informality as something negative and undesirable, I argue that informality is neither negative, nor positive, and that it is rather some of the byproducts of informal institutions, such as corruption, clientelism, blackmailing etc., which can be perceived as negative. Then, on the examples of five exogenous shocks, I demonstrate how the formal and informal in Javakheti coexists in a form of dynamic equilibrium. Finally I argue that the prevalence of informal politics in Javakheti should be seen as the second best strategy of Javakheti's political elite as well as of the Tbilisi-based government, whose demands on the formal institutional arrangement in Javakheti were incompatible.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Trapped in informality? A study of informal politics in Georgia's Javakheti

Popis výsledku anglicky

The article focuses on Javakheti, Georgia's historical region with a predominantly ethnic Armenian population, in which informal political institutions play a crucial role. The article is largely based on field research which was conducted in three stages in 2011, 2015, and 2017. At first, I introduce the concept of informal politics. Contrary to the popular perception of informality as something negative and undesirable, I argue that informality is neither negative, nor positive, and that it is rather some of the byproducts of informal institutions, such as corruption, clientelism, blackmailing etc., which can be perceived as negative. Then, on the examples of five exogenous shocks, I demonstrate how the formal and informal in Javakheti coexists in a form of dynamic equilibrium. Finally I argue that the prevalence of informal politics in Javakheti should be seen as the second best strategy of Javakheti's political elite as well as of the Tbilisi-based government, whose demands on the formal institutional arrangement in Javakheti were incompatible.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Caucasus Survey

ISSN

2376-1199

e-ISSN

2376-1202

Svazek periodika

7

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

19

Strana od-do

60-78

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85060685798