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Analytical Papers: Political Development

Prof. Bogdankevich S., Ph.D.
"Influence of political parties on a public opinion and a policy in Belarus", 2004
Various aspects of today inter relation of political parties and civil society and institutes of the government in Belarus are discussed in the report. The special attention is paid to UCP role in contemporary political life of the country.

Prof. Bogdankevich S., Ph.D.
"Lessons of defeat...What's next?", 2001
Analysis of reasons and consequences of opposition defeat at past presidential elections is given in the report as well as analysis of the directions of its system transformation and possible prospects.

Prof. Bogdankevich S., Ph.D.
"Interaction of political parties and business liberal solution", 2000
The issue concerns the basic problems of the interaction of political parties and business structures; it emphasizes that businessmen have no other way than to support liberal parties expressing their interests. The paper covers the main directions of economic and social reforms, wich would be implemented by United Civil party if it comes to power.

Prof. Bogdankevich S., Ph.D.
"Interaction of public leaders with the power structures", 1996
In the report main problems of public leaders interrelation with the power structures in Belarus: means and mechanisms of the state institutions and their leaders influencing, forms of public leaders participating in decision making, role of non-state institutions in these process, problems of the shadow Council of Ministers and alternative expert structures.

Borovtsov V.
"Lobbing as an effective mechanism of changing legislation", 1996
In the report prepared on the basis of legal theory analysis and international and national legislation’ practice. The author discussed reasons, objectives, actors, mechanisms and methods of lobbing. There are recommendations on increasing the role of public leaders in promoting public interests.

Dobrovolsky A.
"Interaction of public leaders with electorate", 1996,
In the report on the example of political parties of Belarus main problems of public leaders' interrelation wth electorate are discussed: reasons of populists evolution and "translation" values of maeket economy to the language of electorate, formation of constant pubic dialog between leaders and electorate, mechanism of political activity of the population mobilization.

Drakokhrust G., Ph.D.
"Youth political organization in Belarus", 1999
Structures of belorussian youth political organisations, basic program goals, participants and leaders are described on the base of their charter documents.

Drakokhrust G., Ph.D., Drakokhrust Yu., Ph.D.
"Whom do the youth trust?", 1999
The attitude of the different age groups to the structures of power is described on the base of the results of national opinion poll. Special attention is paied to how the youth treats authorities.

Drakochrust Yu., Ph.D.
"Enterpreneur experience and political preferencies", 2000
The issue investigates the differences in political attitudes of belorussian citizens who posses business experience and those who don't want to be engaged in it. Analysis proves that development of the new social and economic practice contributes to the changes of political preferences and acception of democratic values.

Drakochrust Yu., Ph.D.
"Political parties of Belarus under challenge of parliamentary elections", 1995
The author analyses conditions and peculiarities of formation, main stages of political actors activities in the context of electoral campaign, using materials of the Center for Documentation of IISEPS and results of the sociological polls, conducted by IISEPS.

Drakokhrust Yu., Ph.D.
"Privatization in Belarus: position of different parties and movements", 1994
The paper is prepared on the base of cmparative analysis of program documents of leading political parties and public organizations of Belarus.

Drakokhrust Yu., Ph.D., Drakokhrust G., Ph.D.
"Political parties and public organization of Belarus through opinion of their leaders", 1993 (English)
The paper is prepared on the base of focus interview with fifty leaders of political parties and public organizations of the Republic (25 organizations).

Drakokhrust Yu., Ph.D., Drakokhrust G., Ph.D.
"Political parties and movements of Belarus in 1993: problems and perspectives", 1993
The paper is prepared on the base of analysis of program documents of leading political parties and public organizations.

Drakokhrust Yu., Ph.D., Drakokhrust G., Ph.D., Ugrinovich E.
"Pre-election campaign in Belarus: chronology and prehistory", 1995
The first issue of the Center for Documentation of IISEPS (almost 400 pages) summarizes and represents the results of its activity in 1994 and devoted to the first Presidential elections campaign - the most important period of public life in Belarus in 1994. It includes almost 300 documents characterized ideology and activity of leading political actors and an essay by Yuri Drakokhrust, analyses this ecstraodinary event.

Drakochrust Yu., Ph.D., Drakochrust G., Ph.D., Kuharchik O., Ugrinovich E.
"Parliamentary elections in Belarus", 1995
The volume described broad public context, under conditions of which the first parliament of independent Belarus was elected. It covers events of the whole year - from the censorship introduction in December, 1994 to the results of the elections in December, 1995. The year 1995 was the year of president power establishment. Thus, proposed book is also a description of this process as well. In the introduction history and development of political parties – main actors of the parliamentary elections - is described. Main events of public life directly or indirectly connected with that process are shown in it as well. The second part of the book represents 300 documents: president statements, electoral declarations of the parties, prognoses, leaflets and other materials.

Efimova N., Ph.D.
"Ideology and policy of youth organization in leaders interpretation", 1999
Goals, aims and mechanism of emerging as well as directipons of the activity of youth organization of Belarus are described basing on the interviews with their leaders

Fateyev V., Ph.D.
"The system of local government and self-government in the republic of Belarus and problems of its reformation", 1994
In this paper system of local government and self-government in Belarus is described. The main directions of its improvement are proposed.

Feduta A., Ph.D.
"Youth of Belarus: problems of leadership today and tomorrow", 1999
Historic and political analysis of reality of soviet and post-soviet period describes the shift of political elites in Belatus; the issue characterize the leaders largest youth organizations of the country. It also represents the possible prognosis of the development of youth political movement in the nearest future.

Feduta A., Ph.D.
"About some typical mistakes of market reformers", 1998
Principal social and psychological mistakes of russian peformers are analysed in the report; results are extrapolated and compared with programs of belorussian politicians.

Prof. Khodyko Yu., Ph.D.
"Problems of organization and conduction of public companies in Belarus", 1997
This report put attention to the role of leaders and their environment in organization and conduction of public campaigns: civil activity, its rise and fall. The author analyses experience of Belarusian Popular Front in organization of mass public campaigns on national and regional level. He makes conclusions about experience of Belarusian democratic movement during last five years.

Kunevich G.
"Problems and perspectives of local authorities reformation in the Republic of Belarus", 1995
The report is analyzing legislation, regulating activity of local authorities in the Republic of Belarus, problems of anomia of structure and functions of local soviets are also discussed, perspectives of local self-government.

Prof. Manaev O., Ph.D.
"Belarusian electorate before the elections: navigation for a single candidate from the wide civic coalition", 2001
Mood of belarusian electorate on the behalf of forthcoming presidential elections and electoral prospects of a single candidate from a wide civic coalition are studied using the results of the national opinion poll, carried out in august 2001.

Prof. Manaev O., Ph.D.
"Presidential elections: that have really happened", 2001
Results and consequences of the presidential elections held in September, 2001, as well as postelective prospects of democratic opposition are examined on the basis of the sociological procedures done by IISEPS and Wirthlin Worldwide.

Prof. Manaev O., Ph.D.
"Belarusian electorate: for and against president", 1998
The author, based on the results of national poll conducted by IISEPS in December 1997, analyses paradoxes of Belarusian electorate, reveals irreconcilable antagonists of president's supporters and opponents (including their political and economic attitudes), considers opportunity for Lukashenko and his opposition to win new presidential elections, and argues the importance of active use of "electoral recouses" of Belarusian democracy in order to stabilization of the society and the state.

Prof. Manaev O., Ph.D.
"On the thin ice: sociological portrait of Alexander Lukashenko's electorate", 1997
The author, based on the results of IISEPS national polls conducted in 1994-1997, analyses a structure of president's electorate (social-demographic peculiarities, economic position, political, economic and humanitarian values, information behavior) as well as its transformation during last yearsand prospects for future. He also provides some prbable scenario of the development of public-political situation in Belarus.

Prof. Manaev O., Ph.D., Sasnow A., Ph.D.
"Belarusian electorate: candidates for presidency navigation", 2001
Basing on the results of the sociological procedures carried out by IISEPS, election resources of candidates to presidency and people's attitude to the presidential elections planned for September 2001 are examined.

Plisko M.
"Role of local self-government in the process of economic reforms", 1995
The report is based on the analyses of the legislative acts of the Republic, regulating activity of the local authorities, decisions of the local Soviet and their executive committees, program documents of the leading political parties and national opinion polls. Legal foundations of privatization f communal property are also discused.

Pronevich G., Ph.D.
"Political elite and national culture", 1996 (Belarusian)
Theoretical and practical problems of political elite formation within the context of Belarusian culture are analyzed in the report. The author showed historical examples of cultural self-identification and self-expression of the nation.

Sasnow A., Ph.D.
"People's opinion about past presidential campaign", 2001
Resuming of the presidential elections by analyzing of people's attitude to elections results, procedure and consequences is done on the basis of data of national opinion poll carried out by IISEPS in October, 2001.

Sasnow A., Ph.D.
"Elite and forthcoming presidential elections", 2001
Attitude of the belarusian elite to various aspects of forthcoming presidential elections is analyzed using the results of opinion poll among public leaders and experts conducted by IISEPS in September 2001.

Sasnow A., Ph.D.
"Opposition problems as viewed by the elite", 2001
On the basis of results of opinion poll among public leaders and experts conducted by IISEPS in September 2001, report analysis problems of the belarusian opposition in the postelective period, tendencies and possible directions of its development in immediate prospects.

Sasnow A., Ph.D., Dorokhov V.
"Elite and past presidential elections", 2001
Resuming of the presidential elections by analyzing of the belarusian elite attitude to its results, procedure and consequences is done on the basis of data of opinion poll among public leaders and experts conducted by IISEPS in September 2001.

Prof. Shavel S., Ph.D.
"Psychology of leadership and mass mentality in transitional period", 1996
The report is analyzing social and psychological phenomena of leadership, ways of effects on electorate. The connection between mentality and predominant type of leadership. Empirical base were researches conducted by IISEPS.

Prof. Shavel S., Ph.D.
"Labor market in the perception of the population and leading politial actors", 1995
In the report based on he results of the national poll conducted by IISEPS and document of the Center for Documentation dynamics of the attitudes of the different groups of the population is discussed.

Sheyko T.
"The Constitutional court of the Republik of Belarus in the mirror of public opinion", 1999
On the base of national opinion poll done by IISEPS in 1998-1999 authour analysis activity of the Constitutional court of the Republik of Belarus and its efficiency; studies the level of people' trust to its activity, social characteristic of those who trust this institution and tose who don't.

Shlyndikov V.
"Role of political forces in the transformation of Belarusian economy", 1996
In the report based on analysis of the legislative activity of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Belarus the role of political forces in economy transformation is discussed. "Proposals on formation of economic politics on the stage of stabilization", represented by the United Civic Party are showed.

Skrebets S.
"Influence of state institutions on a public opinion and a policy in Belarus", 2004
Problems of influence of various state institutions on a civil society, public opinion and political development in conditions of contemporary Belarus are analyzed.

Prof. Snapkovsky V., Ph.D.
"Masses and leaders: trends of the public consciousness development and formation of new leaders in post-communist Belarus", 1997
Basing on the results of the sociological and political researches fundamental trends and factors of mass consciousness and behavior of Belarusians are analyzed. Within the context "mass-elite-leaders" interrelation of these social groups are inestigated in the conditions of social and political cries of 1995-1996. The author examine attitudes of public leaders and population to the democratic reforms, integration with Russia, other actual problems of Belarusian society development.

Prof. Snapkovsky V., Ph.D.
"Interrelation of public leaders in post-communist Belarus", 1996
In the report the main aspects of the theory of political leadership are discussed on the broad empirical material (national opinion polls of the IISEPS, interview of public leaders). The most important trends of political leadership in Belarus are analyzed, as well as problems of interrelation and consolidationof public leaders.

Ugrinovich E.
"Analysis of the political structure of the Supreme Soviet of 13^th Convocation", 1996
In the report social structure of the Supreme Soviet of 13^thConvocation is analyzed. The research was based on the results of the factor analysis of the roll-call voting and parliamentary documents.

Zlotnikov L., Ph.D.
"Ideology of Lukashenko: from socialism to conservatism", 1996
Ideological, political and socio-cultural foundations of president’s policy are discussed in the report. Reasons of the president conflict with the different political forces and his popularity among electorate are analyzed.

Zlotnikov L., Ph.D.
"The populist revolution", 1995
The paper based on the results of comparative analysis of program documents of leading political parties of Belarus, examines their ideology and politics through principles of free market economy.