Popular Culture in the Post-Soviet Region. Americanization of the Politics in Georgia
Popular Culture in the Post-Soviet Region. Americanization of the Politics in Georgia
Author(s): Joanna Piechowiak-LamparskaSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Political Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: popular culture; Americanization; the Republic of Georgia; the post-Soviet region; mediatization of election campaigns; principle of the lowest common denominator
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyse the influence of popular culture in the post-Soviet region with particular attention to the Americanization of politics in the Republic of Georgia. This region with the states that emerged after the dissolution of the USSR is particularly susceptible to the influences of alien cultures, which is connected with renouncing the homogenous Soviet culture and non-reconstruction and non-restoration of national cultures. Nowadays, the role of the dominant culture is played by popular culture based on the Western model; this culture is largely responsible for supplanting national culture in the post-Soviet states. Americanization of the Georgian culture in visible mostly in the process of mediatization and in the way election campaigns are conducted. This thesis is supported by the analysis of parliamentary elections held in 2004, 2008 and 2012.
Journal: Athenaeum Polskie Studia Politologiczne
- Issue Year: 40/2013
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 105-117
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
