Credit and Debt in an Unequal Society
Download or Read eBook Credit and Debt in an Unequal Society PDF written by Jürgen Schraten and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Jürgen Schraten |
| Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2020-02-03 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781789206388 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1789206383 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Credit and Debt in an Unequal Society by : Jürgen Schraten
Book excerpt: 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.
