Faculty Sponsor: Patrick Heller

As industrial development accelerates in many parts of India, more individuals and communities are displaced from their land and their livelihoods. Michael used interviews to study how those in threat of being displaced are able to politicize their grievances and resist large-scale industrial projects in India. As a case study, he focused on a special economic zone (SEZ) project outside of Delhi that has recently been halted because of farmer resistance and pressure from the state.