Academic Scientific JournalsThe “Fatalism” of Belarusian Politics and the “Social Climate” in the Country
Keywords:
Social Trust, Institutional Trust, Election, Social System, CultureAbstract
The purpose of the study is to analyse the socio-political situation in Belarus, which has changed dramatically after the presidential elections in 2020, the paradox of striving for real social transformation in Belarusian society against the background of a fall in confidence in the mechanisms of how it functions. The assumption about the historical specificity of the Belarusian society and the weakness of its social system is tested using socio-cultural methodology, a historical-analytical method, institutional analysis, statistical analysis. The fatalism of Belarusian politics the authors find lies in the history of the country and in the formation process of its social system.
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