Party Competition in Hybrid Regimes: The Case Study of Post-Soviet Georgia (Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series)

This book examines the nature of party competition in hybrid regimes, focusing on Georgia, a post-Soviet hybrid regime.It explores the coexistence of programmatic and clientelistic forms of party competition, offering a nuanced understanding of electoral dynamics in non-democratic contexts. Guided by three research questions, the book investigates the extent of programmatic party competition, its emergence, and its coexistence with clientelistic practices.Using a multi-method research design and a range of primary data, it integrates programmatic and clientelistic frameworks to analyse party competition in democratic and non-democratic contexts.The book applies process tracing methodology to demonstrate how intra-party competition influences pre-election manifestos and expands an established behavioural model to better suit non-democratic settings.Readers gain a comprehensive understanding of the complexities of party competition in hybrid regimes. This book is intended for researchers