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BEHAVIOUR OF ELITES AS A FACTOR OF FORMATION OF THE “QUASI-INSTITUTIONAL” ENVIRONMENT IN GEORGIA
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Based on the neo-institutional methodology, the article analyzes the peculiarities of the behaviour of elites in Georgia and its impact on the economy in the process of post-Soviet institutional transformation. This process was taking place in Georgia under the strong influence of political and economic elite which was characterized by “normative fetishism,” without taking a public interest into account. The concentration of violence potential seized by elites and diverse forms of abuse of institutions – the manipulation of institutions, the “seizure” of institutions, the use of institutes in a different guise and others caused their turn into the “club goods” , indefensibility of property rights, corruption, clientelism, favoritism, lobbying for decision-making. “The game by rules” was replaced with the “game with rules”. All this encouraged the formation of “quasi-institutional” economic environment and “limited access orders”. The future modernization of Georgian institutions and transformation from the “natural state” to the “open access orders” requires the existence of additional “doorstep conditions” for society as a disincentive of voluntaristic behaviour for elites – the rule of law for citizens and readiness for consolidated collective actions.
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