How NGOs React: Globalization and Education Reform in the Caucasus, Central Asia and Mongolia

摘要: During the important, early years of transition for post - socialist countries in Caucasus, Central Asia, and Mongolia, Open Society Institute/Soros Foundation was arguably largest most influential network region. "How NGOs React" follows Soros Foundation's educational reform programs region raises larger questions about role a centralist government, relationships have with international donors development banks, how projects are adopted interpreted different contexts.Case studies (authored by former or current experts Network based Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) look at impact capacity building programs, professional teachers, school administrators, government officials, textbook authors, publishers, teacher educators, university lecturers, among others. Soros' particular focus on this strategy across wide area reveals much that will instruct working education policy. The unique combination perspectives from Western as well Eastern scholars makes collection an essential retrospective key processes involved transformation closed societies into open free ones.