Library Catalog
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Living the High Life in Minsk : Russian Energy Rents, Domestic Populism and Belarus' Impending Crisis / Margarita M. Balmaceda.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (234 p.)Content type:
Media type:
Carrier type:
ISBN:
  • 9786155225475
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- 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
Summary: 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 been the role of energy policies in the maintenance of Lukashenka's power in Belarus? In particular, it analyzes the role of energy policies in the management of Lukashenka's relationship with three constituencies crucial to his hold on power: Russian actors, the Belarusian nomenklatura, and the Belarusian electorate. In terms of foreign relations, the book focuses on the factors explaining Lukashenka's ability to project Belarus' power in its relationship with Russia in such a way as to compensate for its objective high level of dependency, assuring high levels of energy subsidies and rents continuing well beyond the initial worsening of the relationship in c. 2004. In terms of domestic relations, Balmaceda examines Lukashenka's specific use of those energy rents in such a way as to assure the continuing support of both the Belarusian nomenklatura and the Belarusian electorate.

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- 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

restricted access online access with authorization star

http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec

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 been the role of energy policies in the maintenance of Lukashenka's power in Belarus? In particular, it analyzes the role of energy policies in the management of Lukashenka's relationship with three constituencies crucial to his hold on power: Russian actors, the Belarusian nomenklatura, and the Belarusian electorate. In terms of foreign relations, the book focuses on the factors explaining Lukashenka's ability to project Belarus' power in its relationship with Russia in such a way as to compensate for its objective high level of dependency, assuring high levels of energy subsidies and rents continuing well beyond the initial worsening of the relationship in c. 2004. In terms of domestic relations, Balmaceda examines Lukashenka's specific use of those energy rents in such a way as to assure the continuing support of both the Belarusian nomenklatura and the Belarusian electorate.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2022)