Postcommunist Belarus

Belarus is one of the least-studied European states to emerge from the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Nevertheless, Belarus constitutes an important and sensitive border region between Russia and the western part of the continent. In Postcommunist Belarus, a stellar group of contributors offers an important, coherent, and comparative perspective on this little-known country.

List of Tables

vii

List of Figures

ix

Preface

xi

Maps

xiii

Post-Soviet Belarus: In Search of Direction

1

(16)

Ronald J. Hill

Patterns of Political Culture

17

(18)

Stephen White

Ian McAllister

The Emergence of a Party System

35

(24)

Elena Korosteleva

Lukashenko and the Postcommunist Presidency

59

(20)

Stephen White

Elena Korosteleva

The Dynamics of the 2001 Presidential Election

79

(18)

Uladzimir Padhol

David R. Marples

The Belarus Economy: Suspended Animation between State and Markets

97

(26)

D. Mario Nuti

Belarus and the East

123

(20)

Clelia Rontoyanni

Belarus and the West

143

(18)

John Lowenhardt

Belarus and Postcommunist Democratization

161

(20)

Christian W. Haerpfer

Appendix: Selected Socioeconomic Data

181

(4)

Index

185

(6)

About the Contributors

191

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Postcommunist Belarus

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