Belarus: The Last European Dictatorship,Andrew Wilson

-About this book

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

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

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Date de parution:2 mars 2021

Éditeur : Yale University Press  

Langue : Anglais

NB.de pages : 256 pages

ISBN-10 : 0300259212

ISBN-13 : 978-0300259216

Poids de l’article : 1.6 kg

Dimensions : 12.7 x 19.69 cm