Credit and debt in a unequal society : establishing a consumer credit market in South Africa / Jürgen Schraten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schraten, Jürgen, author.

Series:

Human economy ; v.7.

The human economy ; volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumer credit--South Africa.

Consumer credit.

Consumer credit--Social aspects--South Africa.

Debt--Social aspects--South Africa.

Debt.

Consumer credit--Social aspects.

Debt--Social aspects.

South Africa.

Physical Description:

ix,199 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, [2020]

Summary:

"South Africa was one of the first countries in the Global South that established a financialized consumer credit market. This market consolidates rather than alleviates the extreme social inequality within a country. This book investigates the political reasons for adopting an allegedly self-regulating market despite its disastrous effects and identifies the colonialist ideas of property rights as a mainstay of the existing social order. The book addresses sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists and legal scholars interested in the interaction of economy and law in contemporary market societies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Borrowing in the South African Consumer Credit Market

Raising the Storm of a Free Consumer Credit Market

The Institutional Framework: Implementing a Consumer Credit Market

Legislator's Reactions to the Consumer Credit Market Crisis 2012-2014

The Model of Rational Action in the South African Consumer Credit Market

Conclusion. The Missed Options of the South African Consumer Credit Market

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-194) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Schraten, Jürgen, Credit and debt in a unequal society

ISBN:

9781789206388

1789206383

OCLC:

1122696258