Debt and austerity : implications of the financial crisis / edited by Jodi Gardner, Mia Gray and Katharina Möser.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Gardner, Jodi, 1986- editor.
• Gray, Mia, editor.
• Möser, Katharina, editor.
• ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
• Debts, Public--Government policy.
• Consumer credit--Government policy.
• Credit control--Government policy.
• Finance, Public--Government policy.
• Economic policy.
• Finance, Public.
• Credit control.
• Government policy.
• Consumer credit.
• Debts, Public.

Physical Description:

• 1 online resource
• polychrome

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Massachusetts, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

• Part I: Nature of the problem
• Understanding low-income debt in a high-income country / Mia Gray, Katharina Möser and Jodi Gardner
• Mortgage debt in an age of austerity / Susan J. Smith
• Debt begets debt : public and private debt in austerity Britain / Mia Gray
• Austerity and financial safety nets : bankruptcy abuse prevention and bank protection in Irish post-crisis policy? / Joseph Spooner
• The changing infrastructure of debt relief : privatisation, bureaucracy and public choice / Katharina Möser
• I just felt responsible for my debts : debt stigma and class(ificatory) exploitation / Matthew Sparkes
• Austere social reproduction and the gendered geographies of debt / Sam Strong
• Part II: Nature of the solution
• The poverty premium and debt / Sara Davies and Andrea Finney
• High-cost credit in the UK : what's the problem and how should policy respond? / Karen Rowlingson
• The rise and rise of affordability complaints / Sara Williams
• Consumer debt problems and the image of the consumer in Swedish consumer credit regulation / Ann-Sofie Henrikson
• Partnering to address financial exclusion in Australia / Jordan Grace
• Relief from austerity : the case for a targeted write-off of the UKs household debt stock / Johnna Montgomerie
• Austerity, inequality and high-cost credit : understanding the role of a social minimum / Jodi Gardner.

Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
• Online resource; title from title screen (Elgaronline, viewed on December 7, 2020).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

• 9781839104350
• 183910435X

Publisher Number:

40030284736

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.