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Milord Shengelia
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Milord is a researcher at CRRC Georgia. 
A child on their parent's shoulders at a Family Purity Day march in Tbilisi, 17 May 2019. Photo: Tamuna Chkareuli/OC Media
Analysis

Datablog | Shifting tides: changing dynamics of social capital in Georgia and Armenia

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Both Georgia and Armenia are known for being close-knit, but levels of social ties and trust vary both between the countries and between demographics. And while levels of trust have increased in Armenia in the last decade, in Georgia, the opposite is true.  Past research has suggested that both Georgia and Armenia have high levels of bonding social capital — levels of trust within a family and community — but low levels of bridging social capital — the ability to make bonds with people outside

A polling station in Tbilisi during the 2021 local elections. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Medai.
2021 Georgian Local Elections

Datablog | Georgians are split on election quality

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The holding of free and fair elections is central to democracy, yet, if elections are not considered free and fair, then polarisation and questions about their legitimacy can divide society. Polling from CRRC Georgia suggests a deep partisan divide in Georgia when it comes to views on the quality of elections in the country. Data CRRC Georgia collected before the 2021 municipal elections for ISFED and after the elections for NDI shows that supporters of the ruling party and opposition were and