Academic Scientific JournalsTbilisi urban social movements: on the verge of success/failure
Keywords:
Urban Activism, Urban Redevelopment, Georgia, Political Context, StrategyAbstract
The movements selected for the study “Defend Vake Park” and “No to Panorama Tbilisi!” developed in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, in almost one period of time. However, the results of the movements are different: the first can be attributed to the category of successful movements and the second - to the category of unsuccessful ones. By studying various secondary and primary sources and interviewing actors involved in activism, we argue that the results of selected movements were influenced by the following factors: properly planned strategy, investor/investment factor, and favorable political context.
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