The book is based on Kobakhidze's PhD dissertation, which won the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Gail P. Kelly Outstanding Dissertation Award.
"[A] theoretically innovative and substantively enlightening account of shadow schooling in Georgia... A landmark achievement.""... an important and timely topic ... addressed with exceptional thoroughness. It constitutes a solid piece of academic work and clearly makes a significant contribution to the field of shadow education."Heidi Biseth, University College of Southeast Norway, Chair of Gail P. Kelly Award Committee in 2017
"...through robust critical analysis, Kobakhidze invites a humanistic re-visioning of economy and society."
Ora Kwo, The University of Hong Kong