TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilson,Andrew
TI  - Belarus: the last European dictatorship 
SN  - 9780300259216
AV  - DK507.54 .W55 2021
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Lukashenko, Aleksandr,
KW  - Dictatorship
KW  - Belarus
KW  - Political culture
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1991-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-349) and index
N2  - "In 2020 Belarus made headlines around the world when protests erupted in the aftermath of a fraught presidential election. Andrew Wilson explores both Belarus's complicated road to nationhood and its politics and economics since it gained independence in 1991. Two new chapters reveal the extent of Aliaksandr Lukashenka's grip on power, the growth of the opposition movement and the violent crackdown that followed the vote. Wilson also examines the prospects for Europe as a whole of either Lukashenka's downfall or his survival with Russian support"--
ER  -