TY - BOOK AU - Kazharski,Aliaksei TI - Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Belarus T2 - Routledge handbooks SN - 9781003501497 PY - 2025/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Politik KW - Gesellschaft KW - Belarus N1 - E-Book / Zugriff nur im Lesesaal; Introduction: Writing about Belarus during Interesting Times 1. Belarus-EU Relations: Analyzing Development Phases and Evaluating the EU's Policy Effectiveness 2. Belaruss Relations with Russia: is the Balancing Act Ending? 3. Belarus Relations Beyond the West and Russia: Strategic Partnership with China 4. Belarusian Politics in Exile after 2020: The Emergence and Evolution of a Transnational Political Society in Exile 5. The Impact of Russia's War against Ukraine on Belarus: Geopolitics, Regime Survival, Societal Responses 6. Political Regime Transformations: Digital Authoritarianism, Repression, and the Internet 7. The Rule of Law in Belarus: Thirty Years of Driving Backwards 8. Political Opposition in Authoritarian Contexts: The Case of Belarus 9. Political Protests in Contemporary Belarus: Mobilization, Technology, and (Un)Used Political Opportunities 10. Belarusian Civil Society: Navigating Hostile Environments 11. From Authoritarianism to Freedom and Back Again: Belarusian News Media Landscape 12. Belarus' Migration Policies and Instrumentalisation of Migrants 13. Geopolitics of Nuclear Transition: The Impact of the Astravets Nuclear Power Plant on Belarus' Energy Policy and Politics 14. Sociolinguistic Situation and Language Policies in Belarus 15. Hybrid Adaptation: Education Policy in Belarus 1991-2024 16. National Minorities in Belarus and the Governments Attitudes Towards Them 17. Gender and Politics in Belarus: a Feminist Analysis 18. How the Republic of Belarus Became Obsessed with Historical Memory 19. The Early Aftermath of the Chernobyl Accident in Belarus 20. National Self-Images and Regional Identities in Belarus 21. An Introduction to the Belarusian Language: History and Structural Features 22. Religion in Belarus: Cultural and Sociopolitical Dimensions 23. Uncovering Belarusian History N2 - The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Belarus presents a thorough introduction and overview of the country's history, politics, and international relations. Belarus is as a country that has attracted increased attention since the mass anti-authoritarian protests of 2020 and the ensuing dramatic changes, including the rise of a digital dictatorship and the use of Belarus territory for launching Russias attack against Ukraine in 2022.Interdisciplinary in focus, the chapters are written by experts in their field and offer a nuanced understanding of the country. The handbook is structured into four thematic clusters:International and regional relations;Political regime dynamics and the democratic protest;Governance, (absent) reform, and the state-society relations; andHistory, identity, and languageA key comprehensive reference work on Belarus offering new and updated research on the country, this handbook will be of interest to an interdisciplinary audience, including those studying Central and Eastern Europe, politics and international relations, comparative politics and authoritarianism, social movements and political protest and history and identity UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003501497 ER -