A Thousand Steps to Parliament: Constructing Electable Women in Mongolia
By Manduhai Buyandelger, professor of anthropology
University of Chicago · 2022
This book traces how the complicated, contradictory paths to political representation that women in Mongolia must walk mirror those the world over. Buyandelger shows how successful women candidates use strategies of self-polishing to cultivate charisma and a reputation for being oyunlag, or intellectual. By tracing the complicated, contradictory paths to representation that women in Mongolia must walk, "A Thousand Steps to Parliament" holds a mirror up to democracies the world over, revealing an urgent need to grapple with the encroaching effects of neoliberalism in our global political systems.
From Summer 2023 recommended reading from MIT (MIT News).
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