Publication details
Mongolský přechod k demokracii z pohledu teorie tranzice
| Title in English | The Mongolian Transition to Democracy from the Point of View of Transition Theory |
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Politologický časopis / Czech Journal of Political Science |
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| Field | Political sciences |
| Keywords | Mongolia; East Asia; non-democratic regimes; communist regimes; early post-totalitarianism; transition; democratization; mass mobilization |
| Description | This article deals with the democratic transition in Mongolia. In the first part the author analyses the character of the Mongolian communist regime, following the theory of nondemocratic regimes developed by Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan. The paper argues that the Mongolian communist regime can be classified as early post-totalitarian. The second part of the article focuses on the transition process. We apply theoretical concepts developed by Dankwart A. Rustow and Adam Przeworski, and typologies of transition by Samuel P. Huntington, Terry Lynn Karl and Phillippe Schmitter. The author’s conclusion is that the political change in Mongolia is possible to designate as a reform, using Karl-Schmitter’s typology, which the most advantage is the ability to evaluate the role of mass mobilization during the transition process. |