Description
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 and horizontal 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.
Author: Elena Korosteleva
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 05/12/2023
Pages: 212
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9781032318059
ISBN10: 1032318058
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | General
- Social Science | Research
- Social Science | Regional Studies
About the Author
Elena A. Korosteleva is Professor of International Politics and Jean Monnet Chair of European Politics at the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent, UK
Irina Petrova is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent, UK
Anastasiia Kudlenko is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent, UK
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