Susanne Soederberg

Debtfare States and the Poverty Industry

Money, Discipline and the Surplus Population

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Produktbeschreibung

This book theorizes the politics of debt and credit that underpins the expansion of consumer credit to the poor and addresses the role of states in facilitating consumer credit, in the developed and developing world. It features a range of case studies on pension securitization, credit cards, payday and student loans in the United States, and micro-lending and housing finance in Mexico. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lU6PHjyOzU

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 465g
• ISBN-13: 9780415822671
• ISBN-10: 041582267X
• Artikelnr.: 38020312

Autorenporträt

Susanne Soederberg is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Political Economy at the Department of Global Development Studies, cross appointed with the Department of Political Studies, Queen's University, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Part I: Theorizing Money
Credit and Debtfare States Chapter 1: Demystifying Money
Chapter 2: The Power and Paradoxes of Credit
Chapter 3: Debtfare States
Part II: Debtfarism and the Poverty Industry in the United States
Preface to Part II: Debtfarism and the Making of the Poverty Industry
Chapter 4: Debtfarism and Credit Card Industry
Chapter 5: Debtfarism and Student Loan Industry
Chapter 6: Debtfarism and Payday Loan Industry
Part III: Debtfarism and the Poverty Industry in Mexico
Preface to Part III: Debtfarism
Development
and Dispossession
Chapter 7: Global Debtfarism and Universalization of Financial Inclusion
Chapter 8: Debtfarism and the Microfinance Industry
Chapter 9: Debtfarism and the Housing Industry
Conclusion.