Financialization : Relational Approaches / edited by Chris Hann & Don Kalb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hann, Chris.

Contributor:

Hann, Chris, editor.

Kalb, Don, editor.

Series:

Max Planck Studies in Anthropology and Economy ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Financialization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, United States of America : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2020.

Summary:

Beginning with an original historical vision of financialization in human history, this volume then continues with a rich set of contemporary ethnographic case studies from Europe, Asia and Africa. Authors explore the ways in which finance inserts itself into relationships of class and kinship, how it adapts to non-Western religious traditions, and how it reconfigures legal and ecological dimensions of social organization, and urban social relations in general. Central themes include the indebtedness of individuals and households, the impact of digital technologies, the struggle for housing, financial education, and political contestation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations, Figures and Tables

Preface

Introduction. Transitions to What? On the Social Relations of Financialization in Anthropology and History

Chapter 1. Financialization, Plutocracy, and the Debtor’s Economy: Consequences and Limits

Chapter 2. Accumulation by Saturation: Infrastructures of Financial Inclusion, Cash Transfers, and Financial Flows in India

Chapter 3. Green Infrastructure as Financialized Utopia: Carbon Offset Forests in China

Chapter 4. Altering the Trajectory of Finance: Meaning-Making and Control in Malaysian Islamic Investment Banks

Chapter 5. Financialization and Reproduction in Baku, Azerbaijan

Chapter 6. Financialization and the Norwegian State: Constraints, Contestations, and Custodial Finance in the World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund

Chapter 7. Capital’s Fidelity: Financialization in the German Social Market Economy

Chapter 8. Redistribution and Indebtedness: A Tale of Two Settings

Chapter 9. Retail Finance and the Moral Dimension of Class: Debt Advice on an English Housing Estate

Chapter 10. Making Debt Work: Devising and Debating Debt Collection in Croatia

Chapter 11. Financialized Kinship and Challenges for the Greek Oikos

Chapter 12. Financialized Landscapes and Transport Infrastructure: The Case of Ciudad Valdeluz

Chapter 13. Housing Financialization in Majorcan Holiday Rentals

Afterword. Financialization Beyond Crisis

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781789207521

1789207525

OCLC:

1154985320