Category Archives: Democracy

Presidential Election as Test of DP Dominance

Posted on June 10, 2013 by JDierkes

The upcoming presidential election will be the first occasion for the DP’s claims to stand for clean government to be tested in an election campaign since the party’s predecessor dominated the 1996-2000 parliament. This will be the first election that … Continue reading →

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Presidential Election Platforms

Posted on June 5, 2013 by JDierkes

[This post was researched and co-written by Brian White at The Mongolist blog.] A cursory examination of the platforms of all three presidential candidates (incumbent Ts Elbegdorj, Member of Parliament B Bat-Erdene, and Minister of Health N Udval) gives the … Continue reading →

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Run-off Is Unlikely

Posted on May 28, 2013 by mendee

Politics in Mongolia is always interesting, dynamic, and puzzling – especially, towards  elections.  I like to challenge Julian’s earlier post about the potential for a run-off in the presidential election and argue that the incumbent has a strong likelihood of … Continue reading →

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New Book: Does Everyone Want Democracy? Insights from Mongolia

Posted on May 28, 2013 by JDierkes

Does Everyone Want Democracy? Insights from Mongolia by Paula L.W. Sabloff. Left Coast Press 2013. 266 pp., 282 pp. / 6.00 x 9.00 / Apr, 2013, eBook (978-1-61132-719-9), Hardback (978-1-59874-565-8) Do all people desire democracy? For over a century, the … Continue reading →

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Book Chapter: Democracy and Risk

Posted on May 14, 2013 by JDierkes

Democracy and Risk: Mongolians’ Perspective Paula Sabloff in J. Dierkes, ed. Change in Democratic Mongolia – Social Relations, Health, Mobile Pastoralism, and Mining Leiden: Brill. “Democracy and Risk” uses statistical analysis to suggest correlation between Mongolians’ evaluation of democracy and their concerns … Continue reading →

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The Mongolian Presidency

Posted on May 13, 2013 by JDierkes

As three parties in the Ikh Khural have now nominated candidates for the presidential election to be held on June 26 (DP: Ts Elbegdorj; MPP: B Bat-Erdene; MPRP: N Udval), it might be useful to review the role of the … Continue reading →

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Electing a President in Mongolia

Posted on May 10, 2013 by JDierkes

Campaigning Parties cannot spend more than T5bil (approx. C$3.5mil), candidates no more than T3bil. Individuals may donate up to T10mil (approx. C$7,000), corporations up to T50mil. The public broadcaster provides free of charge time slots to candidates for election messages. … Continue reading →

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Deepening Canada-Mongolia Relations

Posted on May 6, 2013 by JDierkes

On April 25, just ahead of the ministerial conference of the Community of Democracies that was attended by Canadian Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign Minister Deepak Obhrai, I published the following comment in Embassy – Canada’s Foreign Policy Newspaper. How … Continue reading →

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PolitBarometer Ahead of Presidential Election

Posted on May 3, 2013 by JDierkes

The Sant Maral Foundation released its PolitBarometer April survey of voters. Going by their strategy ahead of the parliamentary election in 2012, this will be the penultimate survey of public opinion. While polling is underdeveloped in Mongolia and hampered by … Continue reading →

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Community of Democracies

Posted on April 26, 2013 by JDierkes

Canadian engagement and Mongolian democracy on the eve of the ministerial conference of the Community of Democracies. Continue reading →

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Presidential Election Observation

Posted on April 24, 2013 by JDierkes

I am very much hoping to be in Ulaanbaatar again to serve as an election observer for the presidential election, what would be my fourth national election in Mongolia. The election is scheduled for June 26 and President Elbegdorj will … Continue reading →

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Mongolie : « démocratisation libérale » et luttes pour la justice sociale

Posted on April 17, 2013 by D.Byambajav

My article titled Democratization and the Struggles for Social Justice in Mongolia was translated and published in the “The State of Resistance in the South”: An annual critical overview of social movements in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The volume … Continue reading →

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Democratization and Foreign Policy

Posted on February 1, 2013 by miliate

This is a small summary of the findings from my M.A. Thesis, completed in December 2012. I argued that Mongolia’s successful democratization allows the country leverage in deepening its relationship with the United States and Europe. This furthers the US … Continue reading →

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Mongolia Jumps to Higher Category in Freedom House Political Rights

Posted on January 16, 2013 by JDierkes

Mongolia’s political rights evaluated in top category by Freedom House. Continue reading →

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Mongolia this Year

Posted on December 30, 2012 by JDierkes

It’s been quite a year for Mongolia in that the rest of the world paid some attention to Mongolia, at least in punctuated bursts… Mongolia in the News Rapid Growth The news item that probably attracted most international attention was … Continue reading →

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