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COUNTRY
PRESENTATION:
MONGOLIA
(МОНГОЛ УЛС)
By: Maralmaa Chinbat
For: INT STU 179: Political Economy of Global South
Date: May 28, 2015 [SPRING QUARTER]
BASICS:
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Official language: Mongolian
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Ethnic groups: 95% Mongols
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Government: Parliamentary Republic
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Population: Around 3 million
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Democracy Level: Fully democratic (2013)
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GDP (Per capita): $10,200 (2013)
SOURCES: POLITY IV WEBSITE, CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
BRIEF MODERN HISTORY
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Revolution of 1911 aka Chinese Revolution
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1921: The Mongolian Revolution of 1921.
Establishment of Mongolian People's
Party (MPP)
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Independence: Nov 26,1924
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Soviet modeled system for over six decades.
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Autocracy (-10 to -6)
Open Democracy: ( 1 to 5)
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Closed Autocracy (-5 to 0)
Democracy (6 to 9)
Full democracy (10)
MONGOLIAN DEMOCRACY
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Democratic revolution of
1990
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Multiple parties, pluralistic
elections.
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From Socialism towards
Capitalism
WHY DID MONGOLIA HAVE SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION
TO DEMOCRACY?
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M.S. FISH (2001) from UC Berkeley, proposed 5 factors:
SOURCE:
FISH, M. S. (2001). THE INNER ASIAN ANOMALY: MONGOLIA'S DEMOCRATIZATION IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE. COMMUNIST & POST-COMMUNIST STUDIES, 34(3), 323.
READINGS: BARBARA GEDDEN
The disagreement on causes of
democratization is due to:
• INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES: international
economic and political pressures.
• Economic conditions of the old regime
• The type of the regime
INTERNATIONAL
INFLUENCE
SOURCE:
MONGOLIA: DEPENDENT DEMOCRATIZATION. (2002). JOURNAL OF COMMUNIST STUDIES & TRANSITION POLITICS, 18(4), 75.
‘The main donors to Mongolia
are (previously Soviet
assistance dominated) were
IMF, The World Bank, and the
Asian Development Bank as
well as Japan, U.S and
Germany.’ (p.90)
SOURCE:
MONGOLIA: DEPENDENT DEMOCRATIZATION. (2002). JOURNAL OF COMMUNIST STUDIES & TRANSITION POLITICS, 18(4), 75.
READING:
“Democracies decline
Crying for Freedom” The Economist
SOURCE: HTTPS://WWW.TRANSPARENCY.ORG/COUNTRY#MNG