Living the High Life in Minsk

Russian Energy Rents, Domestic Populism and Belarus' Impending Crisis

Margarita M. Balmaceda (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

234 Seiten

2014
Central European University Press (Verlag)
978-615-5225-19-2 (ISBN)

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Looks at the sources of stability and instability in post-Soviet authoritarian states through the case study of President Lukashenka's firm hold on power in Belarus. In particular, it seeks to understand the role of energy relations, policies, and discourses in the maintenance of this power. The central empirical question Balmaceda seeks to answer is what has been the role of energy policies in the maintenance of Lukashenka's power in Belarus? In particular, it analyzes the role of energy policies in the management of Lukashenka's relationship with three constituencies crucial to his hold on power: Russian actors, the Belarusian nomenklatura, and the Belarusian electorate. In terms of foreign relations, the book focuses on the factors explaining Lukashenka's ability to project Belarus' power in its relationship with Russia in such a way as to compensate for its objective high level of dependency, assuring high levels of energy subsidies and rents continuing well beyond the initial worsening of the relationship in c. 2004.
In terms of domestic relations, Balmaceda examines Lukashenka's specific use of those energy rents in such a way as to assure the continuing support of both the Belarusian nomenklatura and the Belarusian electorate.

Balmaceda is Professor at the John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University, USA, former Marie Curie Fellow at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland

List of Tables, Graphs and Figures Preface and Acknowledgements Sources and Transliteration Introduction Belarus: Between Russia and the West and at the Very Core of the Soviet System The "High Years": Energy and Russian-Belarusian relations, 1994-2004 Nomenklatura Players, Energy Corruption, and Belarus' "Energy-Political Model," The "Low Years": Energy and Russian-Belarusian relations, 2004-2009 Energy and the Run-up to the 2010 Elections Conclusion Map Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.1.2014
Zusatzinfo	3 Graphs; 1 Figures; 15 Tables, black and white
Verlagsort	Budapest
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 234 mm
Gewicht	472 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
ISBN-10	615-5225-19-2 / 6155225192
ISBN-13	978-615-5225-19-2 / 9786155225192
Zustand	Neuware