Los Angeles, Ulaanbaatar, 2014, 284 p. The author of the book - V. V. Graivoronsky - is known for many scientific works on the history and modernity of Mongolia, primarily on the issues of social development of this country. It is enough to recall such works as "From a nomadic lifestyle to a settled one", " Modern Aratstvo of Mongolia: social problems of the transition period (1980-1995)", "Reforms in the social sphere of modern Mongolia" and many others. The presented work is extremely interesting both in its design and in the way it is implemented. Three territories with different state-administrative status were chosen as the object of research : the Republic of Buryatia (RB), which is a subject of the Russian Federation, the independent State of Mongolia,and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (ARVM) within the PRC. The fact that most of the population of these territories has deep historical, economic, cultural, religious, and blood ties allowed the author to distinguish them into a separate region, often referred to in the scientific literature as Inner Asia.1 In addition, we should not forget that until relatively recently Buryatia, Mongolia and Inner Mongolia were part of a single socialist state.- 1 See, for example: Abaev N. V., Ayupov N. G. Ethnoecological traditions of the Turkic-Mongolian peoples in the Tengri-Buddhist civilization of Inner Asia. Kyzyl: TyvGU Publishing House, 2010; Humphrey S., Sneath D. The End of Nomadism? Society, Slate, and the Environment in Inner Asia. Duke University Press Books. 1999. page 190 social space with its characteristic socio-economic and political systems. At the same time, when studying the chosen topic, a number of methodological and conceptual problems cannot be avoided. The status and country differences, according to the author himself (p.11), determined a number of difficulties in the research process - serious discrepancies in the methodology and methodology for calculating income and expenses of the populati ... Читать далее