The EU in Georgia: Inducing Democratic Reforms with(out) Conditionality
EU v Gruzii: Zavedení demokratických reforem s/bez kondicionality
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/152637Identifikátory
SIS: 237583
Kolekce
- Kvalifikační práce [17643]
Autor
Vedoucí práce
Oponent práce
Brisku, Adrian
Fakulta / součást
Fakulta sociálních věd
Obor
European Politics and Society: Vaclav Havel Joint Master Programme
Katedra / ústav / klinika
Katedra evropských studií
Datum obhajoby
20. 9. 2021
Nakladatel
Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních vědJazyk
Angličtina
Známka
Velmi dobře
The European Union is one of the main actors actively promoting democratic progress in Georgia. It is widely believed that the EU's democracy promotion in Georgia has been inextricably linked to one of its key foreign policy instruments, namely, the democratic conditionality. In recent years, the EU has been able to induce several transformative democratic reforms in Georgia by tying them to big "carrots", such as the signing of the Association Agreement (AA) encompassing the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) and the Visa Liberalisation process. Considering that Georgia had never received an official EU membership perspective when the country achieved this crucial milestone, experts questioned whether the EU could induce transformative democratic changes in this Black Sea region country and how. Specifically, the strategies, instruments or tools that the EU might employ to push essential democratic reforms adoption and implementation became a point of contention. This thesis attempts to address this debate by answering the following research question: How does the EU attempt to induce democratic reforms in Georgia without conditionality in place? The thesis is based on two case studies within a single case study on Georgia. The first case is related to the EU-promoted...