The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Belarus presents a thorough introduction and overview of the country's history, politics, and international relations. Belarus is as a country which has attracted increased attention since the mass anti-authoritarian protests of 2020 and the ensuing dramatic changes, including the rise of a digital dictatorship and the use of Belarus’ territory for launching Russia’s attack against Ukraine in 2022.
Interdisciplinary in focus, the chapters are written by experts in their field and offer a nuanced understanding of the country. The handbook is structured into four thematic clusters:
- International and regional relations;
- Political regime dynamics and the democratic protest;
- Governance, (absent) reform, and the state-society relations;
- History, identity, and language
A key comprehensive reference work on Belarus offering new and updated research on the country, this handbook will be of interest to an interdisciplinary audience, including those studying Central and Eastern Europe, politics and international relations, comparative politics and authoritarianism, social movements and political protest and history and identity.
The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Belarus presents a thorough introduction and overview of the country's history, politics, and international relations.
Introduction: Writing about Belarus during Interesting Times
1.
Belarus-EU Relations: Analyzing Development Phases and Evaluating the EU's
Policy Effectiveness
2. Belaruss Relations with Russia: is the Balancing Act
Ending?
3. Belarus Relations Beyond the West and Russia: Strategic
Partnership with China
4. Belarusian Politics in Exile after 2020: The
Emergence and Evolution of a Transnational Political Society in Exile
5.
The Impact of Russia's War against Ukraine on Belarus: Geopolitics, Regime
Survival, Societal Responses
6. Political Regime Transformations: Digital
Authoritarianism, Repression, and the Internet
7. The Rule of Law in Belarus:
Thirty Years of Driving Backwards
8. Political Opposition in Authoritarian
Contexts: The Case of Belarus
9. Political Protests in Contemporary Belarus:
Mobilization, Technology, and (Un)Used Political Opportunities
10. Belarusian
Civil Society: Navigating Hostile Environments
11. From Authoritarianism to
Freedom and Back Again: Belarusian News Media Landscape
12. Belarus'
Migration Policies and Instrumentalisation of Migrants
13. Geopolitics of
Nuclear Transition: The Impact of the Astravets Nuclear Power Plant on
Belarus' Energy Policy and Politics
14. Sociolinguistic Situation and
Language Policies in Belarus
15. Hybrid Adaptation: Education Policy in
Belarus 1991-2024
16. National Minorities in Belarus and the Governments
Attitudes Towards Them
17. Gender and Politics in Belarus: a Feminist
Analysis
18. How the Republic of Belarus Became Obsessed with Historical
Memory
19. The Early Aftermath of the Chernobyl Accident in Belarus
20.
National Self-Images and Regional Identities in Belarus
21. An Introduction
to the Belarusian Language: History and Structural Features
22. Religion in
Belarus: Cultural and Sociopolitical Dimensions
23. Uncovering Belarusian
History
Aliaksei Kazharski received his PhD from Comenius University in Bratislava in 2015. He has worked at Charles University in Prague and has been a guest researcher at the universities of Oslo, Tartu, Vienna, Malmö, and Uppsala, the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna (IWM), and the Polish Academy of Sciences. He published two monographs: Eurasian Integration and the Russian World: Regionalism as an Identitary Enterprise (2019) and Central Europe Thirty Years after the Fall of Communism: A Return to the Margin? (2022, winner of the International Studies Association, Global International Relations Section 2022-2023 Book Award).
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