Belarus : the last European dictatorship / Andrew Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Andrew, 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lukashenko, Aleksandr, 1954-.

Lukashenko, Aleksandr.

Belarus--History--20th century.

Belarus.

Belarus--History--21st century.

Belarus--Politics and government--1991-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.) : 16 b-w illus.

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A comprehensive and revelatory history of modern Belarus - from independence to 2020's contested election In 2020 Belarus made headlines around the world when protests erupted in the aftermath of a fraught presidential election. Andrew Wilson explores both Belarus's complicated road to nationhood and its politics and economics since it gained independence in 1991. Two new chapters reveal the extent of Aliaksandr Lukashenka's grip on power, the growth of the opposition movement and the violent crackdown that followed the vote. Wilson also examines the prospects for Europe as a whole of either Lukashenka's downfall or his survival with Russian support. "Andrew Wilson has done all students of European politics a great service by making the history of Belarus comprehensible and by showing how the future of Belarus might be different than its present."-Timothy Snyder, author of Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations and Maps

Pictures

Introduction to the New Edition

Part I. Belarus: A History of Crossroads

1 Polatsk

2 Litva

3 Ruthenia

4 Uniate-land

5 Belarus Begins

6 Belarus Begins Again: The Traumatic Twentieth Century

Part II. Independent Belarus

7 The Building Blocks of National Identity

8 Politics Either Side of Independence, 1989-1994

9 Building Authoritarianism: Lukashenka's First Term

10 Building an Authoritarian State: Lukashenka's Second Term

11 The Third Term: The Edifice Crumbles

12 The Myth of the Belarusian Economic Miracle

13 The 2010s: Lukashenka's Juggling Act

14 The Revolution Without a Name

Conclusions: Lukashenka's Rise and Fall

Appendix: The Belarusian Economy Since Independence

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-300-26087-3

OCLC:

1243542624