«СОЦИАЛЬНЫЙ КОНТРАКТ»: ДВОЙНАЯ СТРАТЕГИЯ
«SOCIAL CONTRACT»: A DUAL STRATEGY

Author(s): Alexei Pikulik, Elena Artemenko
Subject(s): Applied Sociology, Social development, Demography and human biology
Published by: BISS - Беларускі інстытут стратэгічных даследаванняў
Keywords: social coherence in Belarus:
Summary/Abstract: In 2009 The Belarusian Institute of Strategic Studies (BISS) reanimated the classic term "social contract" and used it as an analytical lens through which the authors of the study sought to demonstrate the rational foundations of socio-political stability in Belarus. The collective monograph "Social contracts in modern Belarus" created a complex conceptual triangle from the Hobbesian and Lockean vision of the relationship between citizens and the state ("social contract" or "social contract") with the political economy of authoritarian redistribution in Bueno de Mesquita (1989) and Hirshman's (1970). triad of strategies: "loyalty", "voice" and "exit". The conceptual "child" of such an unequal marriage — at least from the standpoint of the strict canons of social sciences — grew into a micro-theory of the stability of Belarusian authoritarianism. Moreover, to the probable surprise of the authors themselves, he made a bright career: he quickly became independent and confidently won his place in the field of Belarusian political analysis.

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