How NGOs react : globalization and education reform in the Caucasus, Central Asia and Mongolia /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Bloomfield, CT : Kumarian Press, 2008.
Description:	xiv, 303 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Educational change -- Caucasus. Educational change -- Mongolia. Educational change -- Asia, Central. Non-governmental organizations -- Caucasus. Non-governmental organizations -- Mongolia. Non-governmental organizations -- Asia, Central. Education and globalization. Education and globalization. Educational change. Non-governmental organizations. Asia, Central. Caucasus. Mongolia.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7181212

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Other authors / contributors:	Silova, Iveta. Steiner-Khamsi, Gita.
ISBN:	9781565492578 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1565492579 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Unwrapping the Post-Socialist Educational Reform Package
1. Championing Open Society: The Education Logic of the Soros Foundations Network
2. The Parallel Worlds of NGOs, Multilateral Aid, and Development Banks: The Case of Community Schools in Armenia
3. The Free Market in Textbook Publishing: Visions and Realities in Azerbaijan
4. On Being First: The International Race Over the Meaning of Education Decentralization Reform in Georgia
5. From Educational Brokers to Local Capacity Builders: Redefining International NGOs in Kazakhstan
6. A Voucher System for Teacher Training in Kyrgyzstan
7. Circulating Best Practices in Mongolia
8. The Late-Comer Syndrome: Moving Beyond Project Implementation and Towards an Education Policy Think-Tank in Tajikistan
9. Invisible and Surrogate Education: Filling Educational Gaps in Turkmenistan
10. Quotas for Quotes: Mainstreaming Open Society Values in an Authoritarian Environment of Uzbekistan
Conclusion: Centralist and Donor-Dependent Governments: WhatâÇÖs There Left to Do for NGOs?

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