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The Mongolian state and the coronavirus pandemic: policy, messaging and the nationalist imaginary

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  • Joanna Dolińska
  • David Sneath

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The COVID-19 pandemic introduced inevitable changes in the society and internal politics of Mongolia. While analysing the chronology of the state response to the pandemic with the help of discourse analysis, the authors pose the following question: ‘What sort of laments or demands are organising tropes in contemporary Mongolian nationalism?’ The authors identify demands or laments as organising tropes for the forms of narrative that are made possible within the national imaginary and the normative structures supporting them. These laments and demands could reflect the anxiousness of the Mongolian state about its role in the international community. Not only could the Mongolian state command international respect and resources, it was at the forefront of technical and institutional progress; introducing the most modern technology. Far from representing a backwater, the state demonstrated its advancement through its conspicuous cosmopolitanism and referencing the WHO in its communications.

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  • Joanna Dolińska & David Sneath, 2025. "The Mongolian state and the coronavirus pandemic: policy, messaging and the nationalist imaginary," Central Asian Survey, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(4), pages 503-519, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ccasxx:v:44:y:2025:i:4:p:503-519
    DOI: 10.1080/02634937.2025.2544295
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