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

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Gives 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. Illuminates 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 infuence the success or failure of NGO activities in post-socialist as well as other societies. Offers rare insights into education and culture in countries that have been at the periphery of global scholarship. Its brave challenge to the post-colonial scholars, development experts, and local elites to take global justice seriously is inspiring. Soros Foundation Network has produced a fair-minded and far-reaching volume that is equally useful to those interested in NGOs, political science, and international, comparative, and development education. Other NGOs will, hopefully, follow the example of the OSI in enlightening us about post-Soviet education and social developments. Essential reading for any student who wishes to understand the reality and complexities of post-Soviet stability and development issues, not just limited to education reform

Essential reading for any student who wishes to understand the reality and complexities of post-Soviet stability and development issues, not just limited to education reform

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