PEoE 28 February 2020 (Neoliberalism)
PEoE
Neoliberalism
Book my Chotu
Chotu
The VAULT
Businesses
Is it about a business model? Safety of the child?
Chotu refers to child labour.
Minimum wage question
How will you ensure minimum wage in the informal sector?
What is it about minimum wage? Why not maximum wage?
These are questions which don't come up at all.
Safety rules, something, something
Triumph of Neo-liberal Economy
What is the gain for the worker?
Its often marginal!
For the informal sector worker, it's a gain.
Because they would earn lesser in an agricultural setting.
Perpetuation of existing forms of inequalities.
Neo-liberal industrialisation
Caste, race, color etc.
Bookmybai
What do you notice?
The color of the bai
Invisible-isation
App based economy
Mentions some things, doesn't mention other
The prime gainer is often the normalised, upper middle class figure
Centre for Sustainable Living, Report
What is the nature of the assignment
State of India Report
Political Economics
Perpetuating unequal power structures
Marginal economic gain
India Shining Campaign ; Economic gains were marginal, which was not mentioned in the ads, duh!
Policy - mainstream public discourse - Modernisation theory - old power structures will eventually disappear
Over the years, we've observed that is doesn't happen.
Why is Anjali a baby-sitter?
People on the margins of the society: Best source of cheap labour
The most marginalised, the most
Lost Worlds by Chitra Joshi : lives of Kanpur textile workers
Analysis of policy statements
Neo-liberal set up
Domestic Labour
Erosion of democratic rights
Right to Unionise
Bargaining rights
Teachers Unions
Students Unions
Political Economy
Neoliberal excludes a whole range of figures
There could be more money in the economy, but what about its distribution??
Why certain classes are gaining? Why certain classes are loosing?
How does political power affect some classes?
- Technocratic approach
Solution oriented approach
Solution, for whom?
Ed Sector: Breaking ed studies in smaller parts
Expertise solution oriented approach
Yanis Varoufakis
Why are we not using robotics in case of sewage treatment?
Sanitation - Technology
Politics of technology
Who is using techonolgy?
Sewage workers
Political Lens
The value of the human work that does the work is very less. So why spend a lot of money for technology??
Caste Dimension (There are people who will do it)
Cheap labour
Erosion of democratic rights
Massive informalisation
Why don't we participate in politics?
Why do we fear politics?
We all need to get into politics.
Politics of being apolitical!
There's a privileged class, who can afford to remain apolitical.
Participation Vs. being political are different.
From an ideology perspective. are we political?
Policy - Opinion makers
Policy Makers - Where do they sit?
State - Government
Where do the opinion makers? - Media, PG universities
Society : Grassroots movements: Issue based movements
Very little visibility of the grassroots movements.
Education -
In Chicago, mid 90s, lab for ed reform of a certain kind...
The cost of schooling
Anil Sadgopal
Business lobby - business interests - close down neighbourhood schools - open new schools which are more expensive - New public private partnership
Chicago dropouts - Black - Latinos
Occupy UGC movement
Renaissance 2010
Charter Schools
Take back public education
Occupy UGC
Historically gained rights
Education: a space for liberation, for unification
Access, Quality, Public or Private?
Next Thu: Theme based readings.
Discuss articles in class. pieces which take strong positions.
Chicago Teacher's Union - Parents - children - Neoliberal forces
Berney Sanders
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