TY  - GEN
T1  - Belarus : the last European dictatorship
A1  - Wilson, Andrew, 1961-
LA  - English
PP  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
YR  - 2011
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn768761305
AB  - This book is the first in English to explore both Belarus's complicated road to nationhood and to examine in detail its politics and economics since 1991, the nation's first year of true independence. Andrew Wilson focuses particular attention on Aliaksandr Lukashenka's surprising longevity as president, despite human rights abuses and involvement in yet another rigged election in December 2010. Wilson looks at Belarusian history as a series of false starts in the medieval and pre-modern periods, and at the many rival versions of Belarusian identity, culminating with the Soviet Belarusian project and the establishment of Belarus's current borders during World War II. He also addresses Belarus's on-off relationship with Russia, its simultaneous attempts to play a game of balance in the no-man's-land between Russia and the West, and how, paradoxically, Belarus is at last becoming a true nation under the rule of Europe's "last dictator."
OP  - 304
CN  - DK507.54 .W55 2011eb
SN  - 9780300177589
SN  - 0300177585
SN  - 1283344734
SN  - 9781283344739
SN  - 9786613344731
SN  - 6613344737
SN  - 9780300134353
SN  - 0300134355
KW  - Lukashenko, Aleksandr, : 1954-
KW  - Belarus : History.
KW  - Belarus : Politics and government.
KW  - Political culture : Belarus : History.
KW  - Belarus : Politics and government : 1991-
KW  - Dictatorship : Europe : Case studies.
KW  - Biélorussie : Histoire.
KW  - Biélorussie : Politique et gouvernement.
KW  - Biélorussie : Politique et gouvernement : 1991-
KW  - Dictature : Europe : Études de cas.
KW  - HISTORY : Europe : Eastern.
KW  - HISTORY : Europe : Former Soviet Republics.
KW  - HISTORY : Europe : Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
KW  - HISTORY : Modern : 20th Century.
KW  - Dictatorship
KW  - Political culture
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Belarus
KW  - Europe
KW  - Since 1991
KW  - Case studies
KW  - History
ER  -