Debtfare States and the Poverty Industry - Money, Discipline and the Surplus Population

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.
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List of contents

Introduction. Part I: Theorizing Money, Credit and Debtfare States Chapter 1: Demystifying Money, Chapter 2: The Power and Paradoxes of Credit, Chapter 3: Debtfare States, Part II: Debtfarism and the Poverty Industry in the United States, Preface to Part II: Debtfarism and the Making of the Poverty Industry, Chapter 4: Debtfarism and Credit Card Industry, Chapter 5: Debtfarism and Student Loan Industry, Chapter 6: Debtfarism and Payday Loan Industry, Part III: Debtfarism and the Poverty Industry in Mexico, Preface to Part III: Debtfarism, Development, and Dispossession, Chapter 7: Global Debtfarism and Universalization of Financial Inclusion, Chapter 8: Debtfarism and the Microfinance Industry, Chapter 9: Debtfarism and the Housing Industry, Conclusion.

About the author

Susanne Soederberg is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Political Economy at the Department of Global Development Studies, cross appointed with the Department of Political Studies, Queen's University, Canada.

Product details

• Authors: Susanne Soederberg, Susanne (Queen''s University Soederberg, Soederberg Susanne
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2014
• EAN: 9780415822664
• ISBN: 978-0-415-82266-4
• No. of pages: 302
• Series: RIPE Series in Global Political Economy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, North America, International Relations, Political Economy, Finance & accounting, Finance and accounting