Rethinking financial behaviour : rationality and resistance in the financialization of everyday life / Ariane Agunsoye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Agunsoye, Ariane, author.

Series:

Rethinking work, ageing and retirement.

Rethinking work, ageing and retirement

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finance, Personal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 217 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2025.

Summary:

UK and US pension policy expects consistently informed decision-making in finance. Deviating from this is often deemed 'irrational', ignoring uncontrollable factors in individuals' lives. Challenging existing policy approaches, this book proposes a fresh perspective on rationality when it comes to financial policy and practices.

Contents:

Part 1: Everyday Financial Subjects

1. Introduction

2. Willing and Unwilling Subjects of Everyday Financialization

Part 2: Construction of the Everyday Asset Manager

3. Normalizing Asset Accumulation

4. Becoming an Everyday Asset Manager

Part 3: Being an Everyday Asset Manager

5. The Conduct of the Everyday Asset Manager

6. The Disciplining Effect of Asset Norms

Part 4: Variegated Financial Subjectivities in the UK

7. Coping with Constraints

8. Managing Contradictions and Constraints

9. Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Apr 2025).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-5292-3229-5

1-5292-3227-9

1-5292-3228-7

OCLC:

1463768764