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Williams reviews 'East Central European Politics Today' by Keith Crawford.

Situation in the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. Covers the Aug. 1991 coup, the "partocracy" and opposition, regional neighbors, and foreign interests.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Maps of Central Asia -- Introduction / M. Holt Ruffin -- Civil Society in Central Asia / S. Frederick Starr -- The Legal Regulation of NGOs: Central Asia at a Crossroads / Scott Horton and Alla Kazakina -- Freedom of Association and the Question of Its Realization in Kazakhstan / Evgeny A. Zhovtis -- Government and Nonprofit Sector Relations in then Kyrgyz Republic / Erkinbek Kasybekov -- Environmental NGOs and the Development of Civil Society in Cental Asia / Kate Watters -- Kolkhoz and Civil Society in the Independent States of Central Asia / Olivier Roy -- Prospects for Development of an Independent Media in Kazakhstan / Oleg Katsiev -- Can Uzbekistan Build Democracy and Civil Society? / Abdumannob Polat -- Civil Society and Identity in Uzbekistan: The Emergent Role of Islam / Reuel Hanks -- Islam and Tajikistan's Human and Ecological Crisis / Aziz Niyazi -- Women's NGOs in Cental Asia's Evolving Societies / Ula Ikramova and Kathryn McConnell -- The Real Work: Sustaining NGO Growth in Central Asia / Jay Cooper -- Organizations -- Kazakhstan -- Kyrgyzstan -- Tajikistan -- Turkmenistan -- Uzbekistan -- Online Resources -- E-mail Lists -- Web sites -- Internet Access Centers in Central Asia -- Appendices -- About the Authors -- Glossary.

"Central Africa: Regional Politics and Dynamics" published on by Oxford University Press.

"Many countries use centralized exit exams as a governance devise of the school system. While abundant evidence suggests positive effects of central exams on achievement tests, previous research on university-bound students shows no effects on subsequent earnings. We suggest that labor-market effects may be more imminent for students leaving school directly for the labor market and, on rigid labor markets, for unemployment. Exploiting variation in exit-exam systems across German states, we find that central exams are indeed associated with higher earnings for students from the school type directly bound for the labor market, as well as with lower unemployment." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Many countries use centralized exit exams as a governance devise of the school system. While abundant evidence suggests positive effects of central exams on achievement tests, previous research on university-bound students shows no effects on subsequent earnings. The authors suggest that labor-market effects may be more imminent for students leaving school directly for the labor market and, on rigid labor markets, for unemployment. Exploiting variation in exit-exam systems across German states, they find that central exams are indeed associated with higher earnings for students from the school type directly bound for the labor market, as well as with lower unemployment. (DIPF/Orig.).

Bussey reviews 'The Politics of School Choice' by Hubert Morken and Jo Renee Formicola.

AbstractSince the days of Mayor Hylan politics has dominated the filling of the higher posts in New York Ciiy's public schools. Persistent efforts at reform have been frustrated.