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Wiedemann reveals how the rise of financial markets as private alternatives to welfare states transforms social rights and responsibilities.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Credit and Welfare in Rich Democracies; 2. A Social Policy Theory of Everyday Borrowing; 3. Financial Shortfalls and the Role of Welfare States; 4, Credit Regimes and Patterns of Household Indebtedness; 5. Borrowing to Address Labor Market Risks; 6. Borrowing During the Life Course; 7. The Political and Socio-Economic Consequences of Credit and Debt; 8. Implications and Conclusion.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Andreas Wiedemann is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at Princeton University and the School for Public and International Affairs. He is also a faculty affiliate with the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance and the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton. He studies the comparative political economy of advanced democracies, focusing on economic inequality, redistribution and social policies, and electoral politics. His most recent work has been published in the American Journal of Political Science and the British Journal of Political Science. Wiedemann's research has been supported by the Social Science Research Council, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy, and the Krupp Foundation, among others. He received the Gabriel A. Almond Award for the Best Dissertation in Comparative Politics and the Ernst B. Haas Award for the best dissertation on European Politics and Societies from the American Political Science Association.
Zusammenfassung
This book introduces a social policy theory of everyday borrowing to examine how the rise of credit as a private alternative to the welfare state creates a new kind of social and economic citizenship. It is for scholars across the social sciences who study financialization, comparative political economy, and inequality.
Zusatztext
'This innovative study sheds new light on the relationship between policies granting access to credit and social policies by explaining differences in the ways in which individuals cope with sudden income losses. Access to credit allows households to address temporary loss in income and also affects important investment decisions made by households over the course of the life cycle. Andreas Wiedemann develops a framework for understanding how the ability of households with different income-levels to cope with financial shortfalls differs across countries.' Isabela Mares, Yale University
