Are neoliberal policies sometimes not just accepted but deepened by non-elite populations in particular places?
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Dr Craig Jeffrey
Craig Jeffrey is Fellow and Tutor in Geography at St. John’s College, Oxford and teaches human geography in the School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University. Craig’s research focuses on youth, politics, and education in India and he has spent over four years in north India since 1996, carrying out social research in Hindi and Urdu. He has co-written two books: Degrees Without Freedom: Education, Masculinities and Unemployment in North India (Stanford University Press 2008) and Telling Young Lives: Portraits in Global Youth (Temple University Press 2008), and he has another book forthcoming - Timepass: Youth, Class, and Time in India (Stanford University Press 2010). Craig has also written numerous papers in leading geography, development, anthropology, and area studies journals - see his website for a complete list. Craig is currently co-editing a book series on Global Youth with Temple University Press. He also has a keen interest in developing new teaching innovations, for example around role play and field research. Click here for more.
Stephen Young
Stephen Young is a PhD candidate in the geography department at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is currently completing his dissertation, entitled 'The Global Redline', which explores how financial liberalization is transforming the social and physical landscapes of urban and rural south India. As well as examining political and economic change in contemporary India, he has also undertaken research into the geopolitics and rumor and propaganda during the Cold War.
