Abstract
In broader terms, this book aims to explain why the post-communist civil society fails at facilitating democratisation in the Caucasus. This study considers civil society to be a feature of democracy and a contributing factor to democratisation. Yet, it does not attempt to investigate why democracy does not work in the Caucasus. It is the role of civil society in democratic transition or lack thereof that is of particular interest for this book. First and foremost, this study does not consider democratisation as either expected or inevitable, but rather as one of the possible outcomes of the post-communist transformation. This book also does not assume consolidated, participatory or representative democracy as the most desirable, righteous or correct form of political governance. Rather, it is the establishment of equalitarian, transparent and free-from-corruption state and civil institutions that is crucial for effective post- communist state- and society-building.
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