Political Economy of Modern Belarus: Going Against Mainstream?

Viachaslau Yarashevich

Europe-Asia Studies, 2014, vol. 66, issue 10, 1703-1734

Abstract: A peculiar model of post-communist political economy has evolved in Belarus under President Aliaksandr Lukashenka. It features prioritisation of non-entrepreneurial social groups, a strong role for the state, and extensive social security provision. The model appears to be grounded on Lukashenka's understanding of his political powerbase; having no external backing for his policies, he wants to command as wide grass-roots support as possible to remain in office. By doing so, he rejects the principles of pluralist democracy and market economy, making Belarus's political economy model quite different from that envisaged in the mainstream post-communist theories of neo-liberalism and gradualism.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2014.967571

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