Nr. 38: Regional Development in Adjara

The View of the Local Population

Autor(en): Nana Papiashvili, Martin Demant Frederiksen
Herausgeber: Iris Kempe, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Lili Di Puppo, Hans Gutbrod
Serie: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Ausgabe: 38
Verlag(e): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publikationsjahr: 2012

This issue examines the Adjara population's attitudes toward the region's development since Georgias 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.

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