Articles liés à Understanding Belarus and How Western Foreign Policy...

Understanding Belarus and How Western Foreign Policy Misses the Mark - Couverture rigide

Ioffe, Grigory V.

 
9780742555587: Understanding Belarus and How Western Foreign Policy Misses the Mark
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0742555585 ISBN 13 : 9780742555587
Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield, 2008

Synopsis

In the West, Belarus is generally thought of as the last dictatorship in Europe. However, this political stereotype neglects the roots of the country's identity—or identity crisis. In this fascinating study of unfinished nation-building in Belarus, Grigory Ioffe draws on his two dozen research trips to the country to trace Belarus's history, geography, political situation, society, and economy. The book highlights rapid economic growth in post-1996 Belarus and the underpinnings of the country's political landscape. The United States has ostracized official Belarus since the mid-1990s and has repeatedly condemned President Lukashenka's undemocratic ways. However, his presidency has been stable since 1994, and since 2002 he has been successfully reshaping himself from an unabashed Russophile into a kind of Belarusian nationalist. Nevertheless, the Belarusian nation is not yet a defined entity—many Belarusians are not yet certain as to what sets them apart from Russians, and a multiplicity of national projects hinders national consolidation and deters nation-building. Ioffe pays particular attention to the current linguistic situation, in which Russian, rather than Belarusian, is the language of the majority. The ambivalent relationship between Russia and Belarus results in an identity crisis that is not understood by the West, which leads to Western policies toward Belarus that are based on a fallacy of geopolitical thinking. Based on Belarusian- and Russian-language sources along with the author's personal observations, this book will lead readers to a deeper understanding of Belarus, its relationship with Russia, and its still-forming national identity.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos de l'auteur

Grigory V. Ioffe is professor of geography at Radford University.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Rowman & Littlefield
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0742555585
ISBN 13 
9780742555587
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
GPSR Kontakt
gpsr@libri.de

Europaallee 1
Bad Hersfeld
36244
Allemagne

Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9781442242128: Understanding Belarus and How Western Foreign Policy Misses the Mark

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1442242124 ISBN 13 :  9781442242128
Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014
Couverture souple