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The Inner Asian anomaly: Mongolia's democratization in comparative perspective |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Physical Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 2, D-52074 Aachen, Germany;2. Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA), CNRS UMR 7583, Université Paris-Est Créteil, Université Paris Diderot, 61 Avenue du Général de Gaulle, F-94010 Créteil Cedex, France;1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government Engineering College, Nilokheri, 132117, Haryana, India;2. Center for Sustainable Supply Chain Engineering, Department of Technology and Innovation, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark;3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era University, Dehradun, 248002, Uttarakhand, India |
| Abstract: | Following the demise of Soviet-type regimes most countries of postcommunist Inner Asia either experienced initial political openings followed by reversion to authoritarianism or moved directly from one type of harsh authoritarianism to another. Mongolia is exceptional. The extent of political opening there during the 1990s far exceeded anything seen in any neighboring country and the gains of the early post-Soviet period were maintained instead of reversed. This paper investigates the causes of Mongolia's relative success and argues that the absence of several factors that are often regarded as propitious for democratization has actually facilitated Mongolia's democratization. The experience of postcommunist Inner Asia casts doubt on some arguments current in thinking on regime change. |
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