Democratic Struggles in Challenging Times
Insights from Mongolia around the World

Edited by Christian Suter, Stephen Brown, …
Contents
About the World Society Foundation
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction: Studying Democracy in Challenging Times
Stephen Brown
Part 1 Democratization in Mongolia
1. The Secret Supports of Mongolian Democracy
M. Steven Fish and Michael Seeberg
2. Transformation of Mongolia’s Civil Society in the Post-Socialist Era
Byambajav Dalaibuyan
3. The 2017 Deliberative Polling on Draft Amendments to the Mongolian Constitution
Munkhsaikhan Odonkhuu
4. Everyday Democracy in Mongolia: An Anthropological Approach to Democracy as Lived in the Ger Districts of Ulaanbaatar
Elizabeth Fox
Part 2 Comparative Perspectives on Democratic Struggles and the Role of Natural Resources
5. Natural Resources Management in Southeast Asia: Challenges of Corruption, Compliance and Effectiveness
Andrea Haefneriv Contents
6. Moments of Change? Negative Revenue Shocks and 109 Political Regimes
Delgerjargal Uvsh
7. Buying Votes with Rents: The Politics of Economic Populism and Clientelism in Natural Resource Dependent Democracies
Boldsaikhan Sambuu
8. The Influence of International Relations on Democratization, 1972-2005
Mathias De Roeck and Ronan Van Rossem
9. The October 1 Catalan Referendum Turns into a Struggle for Democracy
Núria Suero Comellas