Chapter 1 Introduction: Central Asia – “The Land Beyond the River”

Chapter 2 Variation in Educational Quality in Kyrgyzstan by District and Language of Instruction: An Analysis of 2017 National Scholarship Test Results

Chapter 3 Understanding Trilingual Education Reform in Kazakhstan: Why Is It Stalled?

Chapter 4 Gender and Education in Tajikistan in the Pre-Soviet, Soviet, and Post-Soviet Eras

Chapter 5 Education in Turkmenistan Under the Second President: Genuine Reforms or Make Believe?

Chapter 7 Global Forces and Local Responses in Tajikistan Higher Education: Analysis of Educational Reforms in the Context of the Bologna Process

Chapter 8 A Narrative Study of International Students’ Sense of Belonging in Kazakhstan: Implications for Higher Education Institutions

Chapter 9 Surviving in the Capital: How Teachers in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Turn Social Capital into Economic Capital

Chapter 10 Descendants of Altynay: Education as an Opportunity and Urban Idealisation in Present-Day Kyrgyzstan

Chapter 11 Urban Education: Challenges and Possibilities