TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hervouet,Ronan
TI  - A Taste for Oppression: A Political Ethnography of Everyday Life in Belarus 
T2  - Anthropology of Europe
SN  - 9781800730267
AV  - HN530.7.A8 H47 2024
U1  - 306.09478 23/eng/20231120
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Authoritarianism
KW  - Belarus
KW  - Collectivization of agriculture
KW  - Political sociology
KW  - Politics and culture
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Notes on Text --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. Government of Rural Areas --; Chapter 2. A Discrete Ethnography --; Chapter 3. Authorized Resources --; Chapter 4. Illegalisms --; Chapter 5. Interdependencies --; Chapter 6. Life Horizons --; Chapter 7. Solidarity --; Chapter 8. Dignity --; Chapter 9. Th e Fragility of the World --; Chapter 10. Levels of Social Order --; Conclusion --; References --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Belarus has emerged from communism in a unique manner as an authoritarian regime. The author, who has lived in Belarus for several years, highlights several mechanisms of tyranny, beyond the regime’s ability to control and repress, which should not be underestimated. The book immerses the reader in the depths of the Belarusian countryside, among the kolkhozes and rural communities at the heart of this authoritarian regime under Alexander Lukashenko, and offers vivid descriptions of the everyday life of Belarusians. It sheds light on the reasons why part of the population supports Lukashenko and takes a fresh look at the functioning of what has been called 'the last dictatorship in Europe'
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781800730267?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781800730267
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781800730267/original
ER  -