Financial Literacy Education : Neoliberalism, the Consumer and the Citizen.

Consumer financial literacy education often appears as a helpful, commonsense solution to neoliberalism and the individualization of responsibility for economic risk. However, in Financial Literacy Education: Neoliberalism, the Consumer and the Citizen this particular literacy is argued to be both i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Arthur, Chris
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer, 2012.
Colección:Educational futures.
Temas:
Financial literacy > Study and teaching.
Neoliberalism.
Consumer protection.
Consumer Advocacy
Culture financière > Étude et enseignement.
Néo-libéralisme.
Consommateurs > Protection.
Consumer protection
Neoliberalism
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Consumer financial literacy education often appears as a helpful, commonsense solution to neoliberalism and the individualization of responsibility for economic risk. However, in Financial Literacy Education: Neoliberalism, the Consumer and the Citizen this particular literacy is argued to be both ineffective and unjust. Socially created poverty, unemployment and economic insecurity require more than individual consumer solutions; they require collective responses by engaged, critical citizens. Utilizing concepts from Marx, Foucault, Bourdieu and Baudrillard this book challenges those who clai.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (152 pages)
ISBN:9789460919183
9460919189

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