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6 - Patronage in Mongolia

from Part II - Two-Party/Multi-Party Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2023

By
Oyunsuren Damdinsuren ,
Julian Dierkes  and
Byambakhand Luguusharav
Edited by
B. Guy Peters ,
Colin Knox  and
Byeong Seob Kim
B. Guy Peters
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh
Colin Knox
Affiliation:
Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Byeong Seob Kim
Affiliation:
Seoul National University
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Summary

Following Peters’ typology, we describe patronage appointments in Mongolia as political agents. We trace the development of Mongolia’s civil service from ancient into contemporary times. We emphasize the importance of political factions within the two dominant parties and the lack of a programmatic focus of the parties as the basis for the important role that patronage plays in the Mongolian hybrid presidential-parliamentary political system. We use patronage appointments in the diplomatic service as a case study of practices. Since factions within the two dominant parties are defined by personal ties rather than ideological orientation, we conclude that patronage appointments primarily act as political agents of these factions.

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Mongoliapatronagehybrid presidential-parliamentary systemdiplomatic service
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Political Patronage in Asian Bureaucracies , pp. 121 - 153
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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