This open access book is intended as an original contribution to the conversation on the role
and challenges of education in Central Asia to promote social cohesion by looking at Kazakhstan
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Examining education challenges within the countries' wider
historical social political and cultural context the contributions explore existing
discourses concerning national identity religion language gender inclusion
internationalisation of education and non-state actors through a Political Economy Analysis
(PEA) lens. With the understanding that education is both a powerful mechanism of social
reproduction in societies and a driver of social change the book attempts to promote political
economy analysis of education as a helpful analytical tool for educational debates and reform
agendas in the region and thus will be a valuable resource for policymakers practitioners and
scholars in this region and beyond.
