Belarus in the twenty-first century : between dictatorship and democracy / edited by Elena Korosteleva, Irina Petrova and Anastasiia Kudlenko.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
  • ©2023
Description
xxiii, 212 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm.

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Series
  • BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies [More in this series]
  • Routledge series on Russian and East European studies
Summary note
"This book presents a comprehensive overview of current developments in Belarus. It explores how there has been an upswelling of popular support for the idea that Belarus must change. It highlights how the old regime, aiming to retain the Soviet legacy, reluctant to reform, presiding over worsening economic conditions and refusing to take measures to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, has been confronted by increasing bottom-up social mobilisation which demands a transformation of state-society relations and a new sense of Belarusian peoplehood. The book outlines how the current situation has developed, considers how the present demands for change are deep seated and long brewing trends, and reveals much detail about many aspects of the growing societal mobilisation. Overall, the book demonstrates that, although the old regime remains in power, Belarusian society has changed fundamentally, thereby bringing great hope that change will eventually come about"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
  • 9781032318059 (hardcover)
  • 1032318058 (hardcover)
  • 9781032318066 (paperback)
  • 1032318066 (paperback)
LCCN
2022057136
OCLC
1362514326
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