Das Buch versucht, eine aktuelle Bilanz (1992) und eine Evaluierung der Industriereformen in 14 ehemals sozialistischen Ländern zu ziehen bzw. vorzunehmen. Die Bereiche, die in vierzehn Länderstudien abgehandelt werden, betreffen die veränderte Rolle der Industrieunternehmen, den staatlichen...

Almost 10 years ago the mineral-rich country of Mongolia experienced very rapid economic growth, fuelled by China’s need for coal and copper. New subjects, buildings, and businesses flourished, and future dreams were imagined and hoped for. This period of growth is, however, now over. Mongolia...

Mongolia’s mining sector, along with its environmental and social costs, have been the subject of prolonged and heated debate. This debate has often cast the country as either a victim of the ‘resource curse’ or guilty of ‘resource nationalism’. In The State, Popular Mobilisation and...