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About this book
This book explores the nature of the regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka, who has ruled Belarus since 1994, and who is often characterized as "the last dictator in Europe". It discusses how Lukashenka came to power, providing a survey of politics in Belarus in early post-Soviet times, examines how power became personalized under his regime, and considers how he coerced opponents, whilst maintaining good popular support. The book discusses all aspects of politics, including presidential power, the ruling elites, elections, the opposition, and civil society. The author characterizes Lukashenka's rule as "adaptive authoritarianism", and demonstrates how the regime's avoidance of any ideology, even nationalism, permits great freedom of manoeuvre, enabling pragmatic adaptation to changing circumstances.
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Information
changes,
proves
di
ffi
cult
for
the
opposition
to
respond
to
and
hamper
their
ability
to
develop
a
long-term
strategy
to
erode
Lukashenka
’
s
non-democratic
authority.
Notes
1
‘
Non-democratic
’
is
employed
in
this
chapter
as
an
overarching
term
embracing
regimes
that
fall
short
of
a
consolidated
liberal
democracy.
This
is
to
avoid
debate
over
precise
typological
distinctions,
which
is
unnecessary
for
the
purposes
of
this
study
and
is
widely
covered
elsewhere
(e.g.
Brooker
2014:
14
–
39;
Diamond
2002;
Ezrow
&
Frantz
2011:
1
–
11;
Linz
2000;
Linz
&
Stepan
1996:
38
–
54).
The
use
of
the
word
authoritar-
ianism
within
the
concept
of
‘
adaptive
authoritarianism
’
should
be
understood
in
the
broadest
sense,
incorporating
modern
hybrid
authoritarianism
as
well
as
the
classic
authoritarian
approach,
in
the
same
vein
as
non-democratic
regimes.
2
Potential
alternative
designations
included
dynamic
authoritarianism
and
author-
itarian
evolution.
However,
each
was
rejected
in
favour
of
adaptive
authoritarian-
ism.
Dynamic
authoritarianism
risked
giving
the
system
a
positive,
proactive
sense
which
the
reality
belied,
while
authoritarian
evolution
could
suggest
movement
in
one
direction,
when
in
fact
the
regime
could
in
fact
adapt
by
moving
forward,
backwards
or
sideways.
30
Adaptive
authoritarianism
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Adaptive authoritarianism: A conceptual framework
- 3. Personalization of power under Lukashenka: Institutions
- 4. Personalization of power under Lukashenka: Elites
- 5. Ruling Belarus: Public consent and policy adaptation
- 6. Ruling Belarus: State coercion and pre-empting democracy
- 7. Challenging adaptive authoritarianism: Players
- 8. Challenging adaptive authoritarianism: Tactics
- 9 Conclusion
- Appendix A: Economic indicators under Lukashenka
- Appendix B: Official presidential election results
- Appendix C: Official House of Representatives election results
- Bibliography
- Index