Debtfare states and the poverty industry : money, discipline and the surplus population / Susanne Soederberg.
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TextSeries: RIPE series in global political economyPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2014Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 284 pages)ISBN: 9781315761954; 9781317646716; 9781317646723Subject(s): Debt -- Political aspects | Consumer credit -- Political aspects | Poverty -- Government policy | Poor -- Finance, Personal | Financial institutions -- Political aspectsAdditional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification: 332.743 LOC classification: HG3701 | .S595 2014Online access: Click here to view.
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Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
pt. 1. Theorising money, credit and debtfare states pt. 2. Debtfarism and the poverty industry in the United States pt. 3. Debtfarism and the poverty industry in Mexico.
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pt. 1. Theorising money, credit and debtfare states pt. 2. Debtfarism and the poverty industry in the United States pt. 3. Debtfarism and the poverty industry in Mexico.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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