A Taste for Oppression: A Political Ethnography of Everyday Life in Belarus

by Ronan Hervouet

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 kolhozes and rural communities at the heart of this authoritarian regime under Alexander Lukashenko,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 180073025X
• ISBN13: 9781800730250
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"