1st Edition
Living the High Life in Minsk Russian Energy Rents, Domestic Populism and Belarus' Impending Crisis
By Margarita M. Balmaceda
Copyright 2014
234 Pages
by
Central European University Press
234 Pages
by
Central European University Press
Living the High Life in Minsk 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... Read more
List of Tables, Graphs and Figures, Preface and acknowledgements, Note on Sources and Transliteration, 1. Introduction, 2. Belarus: Between Russia and the West, and at the Very Core of the Soviet System, 3. The High Years: Energy and Russian-Belarusian relations, 1994-2004, 4. Nomenklatura Players, Energy Corruption, and Belarus' Energy-Political Model, 5. The Low Years: Energy and Russian-Belarusian relations, 2004-2009, 6. The Energy Prologue and the Aftermath to the 2010 Elections: from Euphoria to Forced Concessions, 7. Conclusion, Map, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Margarita M. Balmaceda is Professor of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University, USA, and former Marie Curie Fellow at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland.
