The Protests in Belarus

Context, Causes and Lessons

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ID2370802
AuthorsАлександр Бузгалин (0000-0003-3923-8385, Lomonosov Moscow State University, corresponding author), A V Buzgalin (M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia), Andrey Kolganov (0000-0003-2223-7538, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia)
Year2021
Volume47
Issue3
Pages441-453
Publication date2021-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0896920520982368
OpenAlexW3118189610
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited3

This article offers an initial analyses the mass protests that began in Belarus following the presidential elections of August 2020. Written 'in the heat of events' it has the character of preliminary observations. The authors begin with the background and context of events and the outcomes of the economic and social development of the Republic of Belarus during the 25 years of rule by Lukashenko. A preliminary analysis of the social and class make-up both of the protesters and of those who at the time of writing remained a 'silent majority' is situated in the context of the contradictions within the Belarusian 'power elite'. We attempt to distinguish the main factors behind the developments in Belarus and point to initial lessons of these events for social and humanitarian-oriented networks and organisations

Elite · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Situated · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European Politics and Security · History · Law · Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia

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