Iveta Silova and Gita Steiner-Khamsi examine education in the post-socialist world in:
Globalization and Education Reform in the Caucasus, Central Asia and Mogolia
"The richly informative nine country case studies by expert authors illuminate not only the contexts that have shaped the education reform initiatives and outcomes of Soros national foundations in the region, but, by extension, what conditions are likely to influence the success or failure of NGO activities in post-socialist as well as other societies."
- Robert
F. Arnove, Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership and Policy
Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington
"The two co-editors have
assembled a remarkable group of contributors who focus on the network of regional
and national organizations of the Open Society network and their efforts to
build civil society in the wake of the dismantling of the Soviet system. That
focus allows the authors to give a very real institutional face to processes of
globalization and educational transfer across the region, while also
highlighting the diverse paths that the nine countries have pursued since the
late 1980s. This collection will be of great interest to scholars in education
policy, political science, area studies, and critical approaches to
globalization."
- Mark von Hagen, Chair,
Department of History, Arizona State University
For more information, visit the book's webpage.
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How NGOs React, published by Kumarian Press, March 2008
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