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Change in Democratic Mongolia: Social Relations, Health, Mobile Pastoralism, and Mining: 25
Author(s): Julian Dierkes
- Publisher: Brill
- Publication Date: 3 Aug. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 352 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004224343
- ISBN-13: 9789004224346
Book Description
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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘…The volume is a useful addition to the studies on modern Mongolia.’
Morris Rossabi, Queen’s College, CUNY, New York, Pacific Affairs, 86:3.
Morris Rossabi, Queen’s College, CUNY, New York, Pacific Affairs, 86:3.
About the Author
Julian Dierkes, PhD (2003) in Sociology, Princeton University, is Associate Professor and Keidanren Chair at the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia. In addition to his interest in Mongolia, his research focuses on the growth of supplementary education around the world, but especially in Japan.
