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Mediatized Discourses on Europeanization and Their Representations in Public Perceptions

The volume “Mediatized Discourses on Europeanization and Their Representations in Public Perceptions” is an outcome of the research project funded by the Horizon 2020 program (2021-2024). The volume focuses on the political, media and popular discourses on Europeanization in the seven target countries: Belgium, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal and Spain. The research is based on methodological triangulation: Content and discourse analyses of popular media outlets, in-depth interviews with political and media actors, and nationwide surveys. The volume has been edited by Lia Tsuladze, Tetyana Lokot and Sonia Boulus. 

Caucasus Analytical Digest No. 137: Georgia in the Run-up to Parliamentary Elections

This issue looks at Georgia in the run-up to parliamentary elections scheduled for 26 October 2024. First, Koba Turmanidze describes the preferences of the Georgian electorate based on representative public opinion polls. Tatia Tavkhelidze then goes on to analyse the key contentious issue in Georgian pre-election politics, the foreign agent law. The remaining three contributions analyse pre-election debates. Lia Tsuladze describes the discoursive strategy of the ruling political elites vis-à-vis the domestic opposition and the European Union. Ekaterine Basilaia analyses the reporting of two major TV broadcasters and, finally, Tamar Qeburia comments on the anti-colonialism discourse in Georgia.

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