Surviving the Transition? Case Studies of Schools and Schooling in the Kyrgyz Republic Since Independence

This is a book about four rural secondary schools of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, a newly independent Central Asian state of the former USSR. Utilizing case study methods, we describe and discuss how teachers, administrators and students are attempting to survive the proclaimed "e;transition"e; to democracy and a market economy within their particular schools and communities. We view this work prim...