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Author Singh, Supriya, author.

Title Globalization and money : a global south perspective / Supriya Singh.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (243 pages).
Series Globalization
Globalization (Lanham, Md.)
Contents 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.
Note Print version record.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries.
Money -- Social aspects -- Developing countries.
Banks and banking -- Developing countries.
Banks and banking, Mobile -- Developing countries.
Mobile commerce -- Developing countries.
Electronic funds transfers -- Developing countries.
Women -- Developing countries -- Finance, Personal.
Households -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries.
Migrant remittances -- Developing countries.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance.
Banks and banking. (OCoLC)fst00826867
Banks and banking, Mobile. (OCoLC)fst00827132
Electronic funds transfers. (OCoLC)fst00907204
Globalization -- Economic aspects. (OCoLC)fst00943533
Households -- Economic aspects. (OCoLC)fst00962167
Migrant remittances. (OCoLC)fst01020740
Mobile commerce. (OCoLC)fst01024206
Money -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01025301
Women -- Finance, Personal. (OCoLC)fst01176745
Developing countries. (OCoLC)fst01242969
Other Form: Print version: Singh, Supriya. Globalization and Money : A Global South Perspective. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2013 9781442213562
Standard No. 40022931641
ISBN 9781442213579 (electronic bk.)
1442213574 (electronic bk.)
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