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Debtfare states and the poverty industry : money, discipline and the surplus population / Susanne Soederberg.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: RIPE series in global political economyPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2014Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 284 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781315761954
  • 9781317646716
  • 9781317646723
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification:
  • 332.743 S681
LOC classification:
  • HG3701 .S595 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
pt. 1. Theorising money, credit and debtfare states -- part 2. Debtfarism and the poverty industry in the United States -- part 3. Debtfarism and the poverty industry in Mexico.
Summary: "This book theorizes the politics of debt and credit that underpins the expansion of consumer credit to the poor and addresses the role of states in facilitating consumer credit, in the developed and developing world. It features a range of case studies on pension securitization, credit cards, payday and student loans in the United States, and micro-lending and housing finance in Mexico"-- Provided by publisher.
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pt. 1. Theorising money, credit and debtfare states -- part 2. Debtfarism and the poverty industry in the United States -- part 3. Debtfarism and the poverty industry in Mexico.

"This book theorizes the politics of debt and credit that underpins the expansion of consumer credit to the poor and addresses the role of states in facilitating consumer credit, in the developed and developing world. It features a range of case studies on pension securitization, credit cards, payday and student loans in the United States, and micro-lending and housing finance in Mexico"-- Provided by publisher.

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