Belarus
A Tale of Two Elections
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6286982 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rodger Potocki (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 49-63 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of democracy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jod.2011.0050 |
| OpenAlex | W1973704142 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 2 |
The headlines spawned by the Belarusian presidential election of 19 December 2010 bore a remarkable similarity to those seen after the last such contest in March 2006. Yet the Belarus of today is not at all the Belarus of five years ago. If the 2006 election showcased the regime's strength and popularity at that time, the events following the 2010 contest have exposed that same regime's vulnerability and precarious support today. In order to explain why some authoritarian regimes are more stable, Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way identify three key factors: linkage to the West, internal organizational power, and the leverage of the West. It seems to be only a matter of time before the supporters of change in Belarus form a critical mass
Authoritarianism · Business Intelligence · Computer security · CONTEST · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Leverage (statistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Popularity · Presidential election · Presidential system · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · Computer Science · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European Politics and Security · Law · Russia and Soviet political economy
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,42 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2022 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |