A Taste for Oppression

A Political Ethnography of Everyday Life in Belarus

von Ronan Hervouet

270 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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'.

• Reihe: Anthropology of Europe
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Anthropologie Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie
• ISBN: 9781800730250
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2021
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books