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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schraten, Jürgen, author.

Series:

Human economy ; Volume 7.

Human economy ; Volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumer credit--South Africa.

Consumer credit.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, [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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Notes on the Text

Abbreviations

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 Borrowing in the South African Consumer Credit Market

CHAPTER 2 Raising the Storm of a Free Consumer Credit Market

CHAPTER 3 The Institutional Framework: Implementing a Consumer Credit Market

CHAPTER 4 Legislators’ Reactions to the Consumer Credit Market Crisis

CHAPTER 5 The Model of Rational Action in the South African Consumer Credit Market

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

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781789206395

1789206391

OCLC:

1122689716