1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910476766803321

Autore

Soederberg Susanne <1966->

Titolo

Debtfare states and the poverty industry : money, discipline and the surplus population / / Susanne Soederberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2014

London, [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

9781317646723

131764672X

9780415822671

041582267X

9781315761954

1315761955

9781317646730

1317646738

Edizione

[1 ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Collana

RIPE Series in Global Political Economy

Classificazione

POL000000POL011000

Disciplina

332.7/43

332.743

Soggetti

Debt - Political aspects

Consumer credit - Political aspects

Poverty - Government policy

Poor - Finance, Personal

Financial institutions - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I Theorising money, credit and debtfare states; 1 Demystifying money; 2 The power and paradoxes of credit; 3 Debtfare states; Part II Debtfarism and the poverty industry in the United States; Preface to Part II: Debtfarism in the United States and the making of the poverty industry; 4 Debtfarism and the credit card industry; 5 Debtfarism and the student loan industry; 6 Debtfarism and the payday



loan industry

Part III Debtfarism and the poverty industry in MexicoPreface to Part III: Debtfarism, development and dispossession; 7 Global debtfarism and the universalisation of financial inclusion; 8 Debtfarism and the microfinance industry; 9 Debtfarism and the housing industry; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910324047603321

Autore

Hunt H. Allan

Titolo

Workers' Compensation : Analysis for Its Second Century / / H. Allan Hunt, Marcus Dillender

Pubbl/distr/stampa

W.E. Upjohn Institute, 2017

Kalamazoo : , : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, , [2017]

©[2017]

ISBN

0-88099-531-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (130 pages)

Collana

WE focus series

Disciplina

368.4/100973

368.4100973

Soggetti

Industrial safety - United States

Workers' compensation - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Benefit adequacy and equity -- The challenge of return to work in workers' compensation -- Workers' compensation and incentives for preventing injuries -- Conclusion -- References -- Authors -- Index -- About the Institute.



Sommario/riassunto

This volume represents an effort to draw policy implications from research in three critical performance areas for workers’ compensation programs; prevention of disabling injury and disease, return to work performance for injured workers, and the adequacy of compensation for those disabled by their workplace.