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Analysis of Anti-Domestic Violence Policy Implementation in Georgia Using Contextual Interaction Theory (CIT)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2017

NINO JAVAKHISHVILI  and
GVANTSA JIBLADZE
NINO JAVAKHISHVILI
Affiliation:
School of Arts and Sciences, Ilia State University, 3/5 Kakutsa Cholokashvili Avenue, Tbilisi 0162, Georgia email: nino.javakhishvili.3@iliauni.edu.ge
GVANTSA JIBLADZE
Affiliation:
School of Arts and Sciences, Ilia State University, 3/5 Kakutsa Cholokashvili Avenue, Tbilisi 0162, Georgia email: gvantsa.jibladze.1@iliauni.edu.ge
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Abstract

This study examines the development of anti-domestic-violence policy implementation in an emerging democracy, the country of Georgia. We applied a public policy framework – Contextual Interaction Theory (CIT) – which enabled us to thoroughly examine factors contributing to drawbacks in anti-domestic-violence policy implementation. The CIT framework was enriched by expanding it to the scale of the national anti-domestic-violence policy and placing greater emphasis on the victim. The qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews and media reveals that public policy implementers lack motivation, information and power to be able to really implement the anti-domestic-violence policy. The CIT analysis of domestic violence (DV) policies demonstrates that DV problems are further exacerbated by the contextual factors of societal attitudes in terms of gender inequality and social acceptance of DV, which creates unfavorable context for the realisation of the anti-DV policy. In such circumstances, according to the CIT, only symbolic realisation of a policy takes place. The use of CIT as a tool for the implementation of a policy will provide substantial input into its realisation. Based on this theory, it is crucial to increase information, motivation and power of implementers, as well as change the context for the anti-DV policy to be actually implemented.

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Journal of Social Policy , Volume 47 , Issue 2 , April 2018 , pp. 317 - 334
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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