The Political System of Belarus and the 2001 Presidential Election 

CHAPTER 1 THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF BELARUS BETWEEN 1990 AND 1996
Andrey Yekadumaw 
 • THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT AND THE POSITION OF THE SOVIET ELITE
 • THE 1994 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. REDISTRIBUTION OF POWER; TRANSFORMATION OF THE BELARUSIAN POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
 • MOULDING A HYBRID REGIME: ADAPTING DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS TO THE SYSTEM OF POLITICALLY AUTHORITARIAN RELATIONS
 • PRECONDITIONS FOR THE DEFEAT OF DEMOCRACY IN BELARUS

CHAPTER 2 THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF BELARUS IN 1996–2000
Andrey Lyakhovich • THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PRESIDENCY: PRECONDITIONS AND RESULTS
Iryna Yekadumava • THE SPLIT IN STATE ORGANS OF POWER AS A RESULT 
OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS IN NOVEMBER 1996
Mikhail Pastukhow, Alyaksandar Vashkevich • THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AND CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS OF 1996
Nina Antanovich • THE STRUCTURE AND TRANSFORMATION OF ORGANS OF POWER IN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
Piotra Natchyk • THE BELARUSIAN NOMENCLATURE AND LINES OF CLEAVAGE IN IT. LUKASHENKA’S CADRE POLICY
Iryna Yekadumava • THE AUTHORITIES AND OPPOSITION CAMPS AFTER THE 1996 CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS
Andrey Lyakhovich • THE ALTERNATIVE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN MAY 1999: INITIATORS, CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES
Andrey Lyakhovich • THE GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION AFTER THE 1999 ALTERNATIVE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

CHAPTER 3 THE 2001 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Andrey Lyakhovich • STRUCTURE OF THE BELARUSIAN ELECTORATE
Andrey Yekadumaw • THE POLITICAL MARKET OF THE MEDIA. THE INFORMATION SPACE OF BELARUS
Andrey Yekadumaw • THE POLITICAL PROCESS IN 2001
Iryna Yekadumava • ACTORS ON THE BELARUSIAN POLITICAL SCENE IN 2001
Iryna Yekadumava • THE SELECTION OF CANDIDATES
Iryna Yekadumava • THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THE ELECTORAL COALITION OF DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
Valer Bulhakaw • THE CAMPAIGN OF ALYAKSANDAR LUKASHENKA
Andrey Yekadumaw • THE DYNAMICS OF ALYAKSANDAR LUKASHENKA’S RATINGS AND THE RESULTS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Iryna Yekadumava • FOREIGN POLICY FACTORS ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN BELARUS
Mikhas Pliska • DOMESTIC OBSERVATION OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Mikhas Pliska • VIOLATIONS OF THE ELECTION CODE DURING THE CAMPAIGN AND ELECTION
Andrey Lyakhovich • LESSONS FROM THE 2001 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

CHAPTER 4
Ales Pyatkevich • BELARUSIAN PARTIES. BELARUSIAN POLITICIANS
 • THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PARTY SYSTEM 
 • LIST OF BELARUSIAN POLITICIANS

Valer Bulhakaw • SUMMARY

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