Recurring Patterns in Georgian Politics / Stephen F. Jones -- New Shifts in Georgian Geography / Joseph Salukvadze and Zurab Davitashvili -- Economic and Regional Factors in Georgia's Political Transformation / Mikheil Tokmazishvili -- Higher Education and State Building in Georgia / Marine...

Coups and regime transitions are events that typically are intended to change the basic institutional framework of a country. Which specific policies change and the consequences of these changes nevertheless remains largely unknown. Change after a coup or transition implies that some form of...

Critical transitions for a country are historical periods when the powerful organizations in a country shift from one set of beliefs about how institutions (the formal and informal rules of the game) will affect outcomes to a new set of beliefs. Critical transitions can lead a country toward...

Many empirical studies have shown democracies to be more supportive of sound economic institutions than authoritarian regimes and recent analysis also finds that democratic transitions are followed by overall improvements in economic freedom. This sheds some light on a possible chain of...

1. Introduction : institutional analysis and China's transformation : issues and concepts / Xiaoming Huang -- 2. China and international institutions / Harry Harding -- 3. Institution formation, imitation, and borrowing : Zhongguancun as a case study on mechanisms of institutional change / Hong...