Democracy and Development in the Making: Civic Participation in Armenia; Challenges, Opportunities
Journal: Unitn-eprints PhD (University of Trento)
Year: 2016

This research focuses on civic participation and its role in an emerging democracy context, and examines the forms, patterns, trends, obstacles to and opportunities for civic participation, as well as the impact of civic participation on democratization and development processes in Armenia, a post-soviet country in the South Caucasus, that has embarked on simultaneous transition toward democracy and free market economy since its independence in 1991. &#13;\nThe dissertation suggests that civic p