Abstract
This paper explains and examines the case of Mongolian civil society
role by focusing on the issue of how and to what extent civil society
organizations influenced on the current redistributive policy making in
Mongolia. To explain this issue, the outside initiative model proposed
by Cobb, Ross and Ross (1976) helps us to understand the influence of
civil society organizations on policymakers and redistributive policy
making. For the analysis, process tracing method was applied with over
80 Mongolian media sources. The findings suggest that Mongolian civil
society organizations made significant influence on setting
redistributive policy agenda with its rapid expansion and various
pressure actions.