The Political Economy of Education in Central Asia: Evidence from the Field

In: The Steppe and Beyond: Studies on Central Asia

Abstract

Chapter 1. Introduction: Understanding Political Economy of Education in Central Asia: the review of the challenges (Assel Sharimova, Naureen Durrani and Hélène Thibault ) -- Chapter 2. Political economy of Soviet education in Kazakhstan: A critical review (Diana Toimbek) -- Chapter 3. The right to education of disabled children in Semipalatinsk in the context of the post-Cold War (Aigerim Mussabalinova) -- Chapter 4. Religion and education in contemporary Uzbekistan: Religious and spiritual challenges in public education (Zilola Khalilova) -- Chapter 5. Islam, women, and higher education in Uzbekistan (Rahimjon Abdugafurov) -- Chapter 6. Exploring STEM teacher educators' understanding of gender-responsive pedagogies in Kazakhstan (Ainur Almukhambetova) -- Chapter 7. Gender, language and social inequalities in the textbooks in the History of Kazakhstan (Zhazira Bekzhanova) -- Chapter 8. Medium of instruction, national identity and attitudes towards gender roles (Alexandra Nam) -- Chapter 9. The politics of languages in education: issues of access to education and labour market participation of minority ethnic groups in Kazakhstan (Fariza Tolesh) -- Chapter 10. Equity-minded assessment from the perceptions of university stakeholders in Tajikistan (Vasila Bozichaeva) -- Chapter 11. A political economy analysis of factors influencing the expansion of Russian (Sherzod Khaydarov) -- Chapter 12. The role of NGOs within the education sector (Natalya Hanley).