Georgian Parliamentary Elections 2020 - Program Documents of Political Parties

Manana Darchashvili

Abstract


Nowadays, the study of the problematic issue of political parties and their systems is relevant, since parties are the main instrument of politics and the formation of democracy.

 Due to recent political processes in Georgia, the parties have started to become more active in changing and improving the electoral process. Particularly, they are constantly involved in the discussion on several issues.

Accordingly, the presented work represents a detailed study of party election programs, conducting a comparative study, explaining the influence of political processes on the program documents, presenting the dynamics of political parties' attitudes to the existing in Georgia problems, and explaining this dynamic causing factors. The work aims to determine whether there is a connection between party programs and the possibility of the party winning elections, and in case if there is, to realize its strength.

The methodology of the work considers the sectoral division (environmental protection, education, women's involvement in politics, health care, foreign policy) and allows the interpretation of the obtained data.


Keywords


Georgia, Parliament, elections, parties, program documents.

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