Gebundenes Buch

Community Economies in the Global South

Case Studies of Rotating Savings, Credit Associations, and Economic Cooperation

Herausgeber: Shenaz Hossein, Caroline; P J, Christabell

Beschreibung

This book examines rotating savings and credit associations, especially those organized by women of colour. The chapters provide studies on the organization and use of these associations in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia.

Autor

Caroline Shenaz Hossein is Associate Professor of Global Development and Political Science at the Department of Global Development Studies, University of Toronto Scarborough. She is the author of the award winning Politicized Microfinance: Money, Power, and Violence in the Black Americas (University of Toronto Press, 2016). She is the editor of The Black Social Economy: Exploring Community-Based Diverse Markets (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). She is the Founder of the Diverse Solidarity Economies Collective. Christabell P.J. is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Kerala. She has held faculty positions at a number of institutions in India and at the University of Gondar, Ethiopia. She is the author of Women Empowerment Through Capacity Building: The Role of Micro-Finance (Concept, 2009) and Inclusive Growth Through Social Capital Formation: Is Microfinance an Effective Tool for Targeting Women? (Concept, 2016), and has contributed chapters to edited volumes, published research papers in academic journals, and written popular articles in magazines.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 163mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780198865629
• ISBN-10: 0198865627
• Artikelnr.: 64144005