Title:

A smart shift in Belarus: Tikhanovskaya instead of Lukashenko?

Subtitle:

Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej, Vol. 58, No 3 (2023), Special Issue

Creator:

Abassy, Małgorzata ; Kosowska, Katarzyna ; Krzywdzińska, Agata

Contributor:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Publisher:

Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2023

Description:

p. 135-161 ; Content outline also in Polish.

Subject and Keywords:

Belarus ; opposition ; media ; economics ; opposition (political science) - Belarus ; Belarus - politics and government - 21st century ; Tsikhanouskaya, Sviatlana ; Lukashenko, Aleksandr, 1954- ; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-

Abstract:

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the specificity and economic, informational, and human potential of the Belarusian opposition as sufficient or insufficient to replace Lukashenko’s government. The complexity of the issue requires a multidisciplinary approach, which embraces knowledge of such areas as economy, media, international relations, social processes, and information management. The concept of homeostat was applied as a theoretical tool. It is treated as the module whose task is maintaining a functional balance of the system from the perspective of current processes.

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Relation:

Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej

Volume:

58

Issue:

3

Start page:

135

End page:

161

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

application/octet-stream

Resource Identifier:

1230-5057 ; 2353-6403 ; 10.12775/SDR.2023.EN7.06

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IH PAN, sygn. A.453/58/3 Podr. ; click here to follow the link

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eng

Language of abstract:

pol

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