Education and the Crisis of Social Cohesion in Azerbaijan and Central Asia

Autor/inn/en	Silova, Iveta; Johnson, Mark S.; Heyneman, Stephen P.
Titel	Education and the Crisis of Social Cohesion in Azerbaijan and Central Asia
Quelle	In: Comparative Education Review, 51 (2007) 2, S.159-180 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-4086
DOI	10.1086/512022
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; School Buildings; Role of Education; Educational Policy; Authoritarianism; Religious Cultural Groups; Social Responsibility; Political Socialization; Social Bias; Social Action; Islam; Muslims; Cultural Pluralism; Asia; Azerbaijan; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; School building; Schulgebäude; Bildungsauftrag; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Autoritarismus; Kirchliche Gruppe; Religionszugehörigkeit; Soziale Verantwortung; Politische Sozialisation; Soziales Handeln; Muslim; Muslimin; Kulturpluralismus; Asien; Aserbaidschan; Kasachstan; Tadschikistan
Abstract	In this article, the authors examine the role of education in the maintenance of social cohesion and the formation of new identities amid the economic decline and political volatility of six new nations: Azerbaijan, in the southern Caucasus, and Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan in Central Asia. The authors first describe the historical legacies in education in the period before independence in 1991. Then they analyze the systemic crises in education since 1991, as well as the newly independent nations' often half-hearted attempts to embrace Islam and to find some place for religious and ethical thought and values in what had been aggressively secular educational systems. The authors pay particular attention to the ways in which the educational systems have deteriorated since 1991, examining economic deterioration, the degradation of educational infrastructure, and the decline in enrollment and retention, while considering the effects of these crises on social cohesion and political legitimacy. The authors conclude with some thoughts about the potential struggles that lie ahead as the peoples of Azerbaijan and Central Asia seek to reform their educational systems and thereby stabilize and revitalize the processes of social cohesion in their societies. (Contains 14 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10