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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

1-317-64672-X

0-415-82267-X

1-315-76195-5

1-317-64673-8

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"--