Verfassungspolitik und nationale Souveränität in Belarus

Burkhardt, Fabian; Rohava, Maryia

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“…The rationale for the constitutional reform stems not only from the falsified presidential election in August 2020 and the protests that followed. In fact, Lukashenka's rhetoric about a "reform" of the political system goes back at least a decade (Burkhardt and Rohava 2018). The discourse about overhauling the political system by means of constitutional reform-which picked up pace in 2017 and then again in 2019-had always been to alleviate the risks and uncertainties of personalist authoritarian rule.…”

Section: The Road To the February 2022 Plebiscitementioning

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Lukashenka’s Constitutional Plebiscite and the Polarization of Belarusian Society

Burkhardt

Dollbaum

2023

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

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Aliaksandr Lukashenka pushed through an overhaul of Belarus’s constitution as a response to the protests against the official results of the 2020 presidential election. The goal was to address the desire for change among the population without reacting to the demand for snap elections. With the February 2022 constitutional plebiscite on the most far-ranging changes to Belarus’s constitution since 1994, Lukashenka further entrenched himself in power. The results of our online survey suggest that the constitutional changes do not meet the broad societal demand for political change and, in particular, for constraints on presidential power. Despite the persistence of the political conflict, we also show that Lukashenka’s supporters and opponents are not irreconcilably polarized in every policy domain. Finally, our results suggest that regime supporters have stronger anti-democratic preferences than opposition supporters when it comes to future political participation of the two camps, making the effects of affective polarization highly asymmetrical.

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Section: The Road To the February 2022 Plebiscitementioning

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Lukashenka’s Constitutional Plebiscite and the Polarization of Belarusian Society

Burkhardt

Dollbaum

2023

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

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“…Соотношение элементов пирамиды соответствует принципу Парето. Верхний уровень (20 %) занимают исследователи (ученые и преподаватели вузов, генерирующие знания) 30 . Однако вызывает опасения тот факт, что на современном этапе социально-экономического развития России происходит сокращение численности исследователей (на 21 061 чел.…”

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Engineering Technologies and Systems

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Identity Politics in the Context of Nation Building and Integration-Oriented Interaction: The Case of the Union State of Belarus and Russia

Bakhlova

Bakhlov

2020

Engineering Technologies and Systems

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Introduction. In the processes of nation building and integration, it is particularly important to increase the consolidation potential of emerging communities through identity politics. The totality of challenges, threats and risks determines the need for a balanced combination of its dimensions, taking into account national and common interests of countries. In the post-Soviet space, the Union State of Belarus and Russia acts as a platform for dialogue. The aim of the study is to outline the contours of the construct of supranational identity within the framework of the Union State and to define the degree of its conjugation with the category of “national identityˮ in the discursive practices of the political leadership of Russia and Belarus. Materials and Methods. The study is based on official documents representing the specifics of interpretation of identity politics by the presidents of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, as well as on materials associated with the functioning of the Union State. Content analysis, the comparative method, and scenario analysis were employed when examining the documents. Results. The research and expert assessments of the internal and external dimensions of the identity politics of the member states, as well as the basic and derived categories of the official discourse have been analyzed; the constants and dominants, similarities and differences in the stands of Russia and Belarus have been revealed. It has also been demonstrated that there has been no fundamental contradiction in their understanding of the priorities of nation and Union building. At the same time, disagreements on a number of topical issues have been identified. The leitmotif of the official discourse is giving absolute priority to sovereignty, which has an ambiguous effect on the course of the integration of Russia and Belarus. Discussion and Conclusion. The conducted study has confirmed the hypothesis that identity politics is multilevel for the states involved in integration-oriented interaction; at the current stage, it remains complex and incomplete. The states demonstrate prevalence of the internal dimension of identity politics and “restrictiveˮ perception of its external dimension, which affects the prospects for promoting the construct of “dualˮ identity. At the same time, the Union State remains an essential integration format for Russia from the geopolitical and civilizational perspective. The approach proposed by the authors and the results obtained, which articulate the correlation of tasks in terms of nation building and integration policy, may help to improve the efficiency of political governance.

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Verfassungspolitik und nationale Souveränität in Belarus

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Lukashenka’s Constitutional Plebiscite and the Polarization of Belarusian Society

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