Independent Belarus : domestic determinants, regional dynamics, and implications for the West /
Imprint: | Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by Harvard University Press for the Ukrainian Research Institute and Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University, c2002. |
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Description: | xviii, 483 p. ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English Belarusian |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4743883 |
Summary: | The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 ushered in a period of democratization and market reform extending across the East-Central European region, with one important exception: Belarus. Ironically, Belarus's fledgling attempts at democracy produced a leader who has suspended the post-Soviet constitution and its institutions and created a personal dictatorship. Located in the center of the European continent, Belarus lies at the crossroads of an expanded NATO and the Russian "near abroad." This fact underlines the importance of Belarus to European security and to East-West relations. |
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Item Description: | Includes index. |
Physical Description: | xviii, 483 p. ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: | 0916458946 |