Change in democratic Mongolia [electronic resource] : social relations, health, mobile pastoralism, and mining / edited by Julian Dierkes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dierkes, Julian Beatus, 1970-

Series:

Brill's Inner Asian library ; v. 25.

Brill's Inner Asian library, 1566-7162 ; volume 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land use--Mongolia--21st century.

Land use.

Mines and mineral resources--Mongolia.

Mines and mineral resources.

Miners--Mongolia--Social conditions--21st century.

Miners.

Miners--Health--Mongolia--21st century.

Pastoral systems--Mongolia--21st century.

Pastoral systems.

Environmental degradation--Mongolia.

Environmental degradation.

Mongolia--Social conditions--21st century.

Mongolia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Some 100 years ago, Mongolia gained independence from Qing China, and more than 20 years ago it removed itself from the collapsing Soviet Bloc. Since then, the country has been undergoing momentous social, economic and political changes. The contributions in Change in Democratic Mongolia: Social Relations, Health, Mobile Pastoralism, and Mining represent analyses from around the world across the social sciences and form a substantial part of the state of the art of research on contemporary Mongolia. Chapters examine Buddhist revival and the role of social networks, perceptions of risk, the general state of health of the population and the impact that mining activities will have on this. The changes of patterns of nomadism are equally central to an understanding of contemporary Mongolia as the economic focus on natural resources.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Julian Dierkes

Introduction: Research on Contemporary Mongolia / Julian Dierkes

Finding the Buddha Hidden below the Sand: Youth, Identity and Narrative in the Revival of Mongolian Buddhism / Matthew King

Formal and Informal Networks in Post-socialist Mongolia: Access, Uses, and Inequalities / Byambajav Dalaibuyan

Democracy and Risk: Mongolians’ Perspectives / Paula Sabloff

Local Leaders between Obligation and Corruption: State Workplaces, the Discourse of ‘Moral Decay’, and ‘Eating Money’ in the Mongolian Province / Astrid E. Zimmermann

Did the Social and Economic Transition Cause a Health Crisis in Mongolia? Evidence from Age- and Sex-Specific Mortality Trends (1965–2009) / Mungunsarnai Ganbold and Thomas Spoorenberg

Occupational Safety and the Health of Miners as Challenge to Policy-Making in Mongolia? / Oyuntogos Lkhasuren

Changes in Pastoral Land Use and Their Effects on Rangeland Vegetation Indices / Temuulen Tsagaan Sankey , Joel Sankey , Keith Weber and Cliff Montagne

Collaborative Pasture Management: A Solution for Grassland Degradation in Mongolia? / Raffael Himmelsbach

The Twilight of Pastoralism? Livelihood, Mobility, Differentiation, and Environmental Engagement on the Inner Asian Steppe / Troy Sternberg

Mining, Resistance and Pastoral Livelihoods in Contemporary Mongolia / Caroline Upton

The Cultural Logics of Illegality: Living Outside the Law in the Mongolian Gold Mines / Mette M. High

Mongolia’s Mining Controversies and the Politics of Place / Sarah Combellick-Bidney

Conclusion: Mongolia in the First Twenty Years of the 21st Century / Julian Dierkes and Byambajav Dalaibuyan

Bibliography / Julian Dierkes

Index / Julian Dierkes.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-55101-2

9786613863461

90-04-23147-1

OCLC:

808366364

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004231474 DOI