Category Archives: Society and Culture

Mobilizing against Dispossession: Gold Mining and a Local Resistance Movement in Mongolia

Posted on June 11, 2012 by D.Byambajav

The genesis of collective action in the context of local resistance to gold mining activities in Mongolia. Continue reading →

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BBC Program on Mongolia at the Olympics

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Julian Dierkes

BBC program on Mongolia building up to the London Olympic games. Continue reading →

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A Good Day in Mongolia

Posted on October 13, 2011 by D.Byambajav

Today, October 14, 2011, Mongolians are very busy. It is the 17th day of the second month of autumn, an auspicious day in Mongolia’s Buddhist calendar. We call it the day with Baljinnyam and Dashnyam (Buddhist deities) or a double-Nyam … Continue reading →

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Mongolia Connected

Posted on October 10, 2011 by D.Byambajav

Some observations about connectivity in Mongolia based on the recently released census. Continue reading →

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Insights from the 2010 Mongolia Census

Posted on August 9, 2011 by D.Byambajav

A preliminary summary of the 2010 Mongolia census is available online.  The census shows us some important trends in Mongolia. Total population in Mongolian has reached 2 754 658. An estimated 100 thousand people counted as Mongolian citizens living abroad … Continue reading →

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Anti-Chinese Attitudes in Post-Communist Mongolia

Posted on July 29, 2011 by mendee

M.A. thesis argues that Mongolian anti-Chinese attitudes are rooted in state-socialist portrayals of China from the 1960s to the 1980s. Continue reading →

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