After the break-up of the USSR the former Soviet countries took different paths. While many of
them face severe economic problems or have become only questionably democratic Georgia's
socio-political development has become a relatively successful post-Soviet transition story. A
deeper understanding of Georgia can offer insights that are also useful for other transitional
and developing states. Many of the good governance implications of the research papers
assembled in this volume are highly relevant to the broader Caucasus region and other
post-Communist countries. The contributions deal with central issues pertinent to Georgian
public policy administration and politics as well as to Georgia's ongoing struggle for
independence and democracy. The collection illustrates a particularly revealing case in the
comparative study of modern governance.
