@inbook{10.1525/j.ctt1ppngd.12, ISBN = {9780520243996}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppngd.12}, abstract = {In his life and writings, the democratic reformer Tserendash Namkhainyambuu, the only herder so far elected to the Khural in the postcommunist era, reflects the tumultuousness and substantial difficulties in Mongolian pastoralism over the past half century. In his early childhood in Zavkhanaimagin the western part of Mongolia, many herders persisted in an independent lifestyle, migrating in search of grass and water for their animals. By the time he was ten years old, in 1958 , the government had either forced or cajoled herders to joinnegdels, or collectives. As a member of a collective, Namkhainyambuu achieved remarkable}, bookauthor = {Morris Rossabi}, booktitle = {Modern Mongolia: From Khans to Commissars to Capitalists}, edition = {1}, pages = {114--131}, publisher = {University of California Press}, title = {HERDERS AND THE NEW ECONOMY}, year = {2005} }