Credit and debt in an unequal society : establishing a consumer credit market in South Africa /

"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-r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schraten, Jürgen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2020.
Colección:Human economy ; v. 7.
Temas:
Consumer credit > South Africa.
Consumer credit > Social aspects > South Africa.
Debt > Social aspects > South Africa.
Crédit à la consommation > Afrique du Sud.
Crédit à la consommation > Aspect social > Afrique du Sud.
Dettes > Aspect social > Afrique du Sud.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior.
Consumer credit
Consumer credit > Social aspects
Debt > Social aspects
South Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 199 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1789206391
9781789206395

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