Rationality of civil space and democratic transition in Georgia

Abstract

Modern Georgian democratic transit requires strengthening the rationality and pragmatism of civil space. Civic space and democratic transit are institutionally polarized, reinforcing irrational tendencies. The one-party dominant style of governing, which hurts the rationality and pragmatism of civil space, has become a hindrance syndrome of democratic transit. An important place in strengthening the rationality of civil space is occupied by the political elite and political leaders who in certain situations are not distinguished by national pragmatic approaches. Institutional vacuum in civil space and deepening of actor polarizations have further strengthened the role and institutional functions of the Orthodox Church. The Georgian Church has become an important actor in the socialization of civil space and the formation of national identity.