Democratic evolution of Georgia and authoritarian cycles

The role of authoritarian regimes in the development democracy is assessed negatively. purpose article to determine cycles democratic evolution Georgia, what has not been explored. Methods: case study, sociological, processual, historical –chronological approaches. Findings& Value added: there are three democratization and authoritarianism political Georgia. In contrast Gamsakhurdia’s regime, electoral Shevardnadze Saakashvili enhanced potential it. Democratic process accumulation resources enlargement potential. instruments public control over authority, relevant behaviors values, totality which generates society: civil society, system, free media, etc. Westernization Georgian society main source its democratization. 2012, a constitutional change government moved Georgia into third cycle transformed authoritarianism, due society. paper concludes that country’s progress continued even cycles. This research creates new knowledge impact on