Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Money: Historical, Social, and Cultural Dimensions; Chapter 2. Globalization and Technologies; Chapter 3. Half the World Is Unbanked; Chapter 4. Women, Money, and Globalization; Chapter 5. Banking: Connecting Markets and Intimate Lives; Chapter 6. Electronic Money: Information and Timeliness; Chapter 7. Mobile Money: The Power of Immediacy; Chapter 8. Migrant Money: Intertwining the Global and the Personal; Chapter 9. Rethinking Money, Technology, and Globalization; References; Index; About the Author.
Summary
Globalization and Money explores how men and women, particularly the poor and the unbanked in the global South, use money in ways that empower themselves and their families. Supriya Singh argues that money as a medium of relationships across cultures is a central component of globalization. The author deftly weaves theory and individual stories to show how money is emblematic of interconnected markets, the half of the world that is unbanked, and gender disparities. She illustrates how many of the most exciting changes in harnessing people's.