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Author Soederberg, Susanne, 1966- author.

Title Debtfare states and the poverty industry : money, discipline and the surplus population / Susanne Soederberg.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 284 pages) : illustrations, graphs.
Series RIPE series in global political economy
RIPE series in global political economy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-270) and index.
Note Print version record.
Summary "This book theorizes the politics of debt and credit that underpins the expansion of consumer credit to the poor and addresses the role of states in facilitating consumer credit, in the developed and developing world. It features a range of case studies on pension securitization, credit cards, payday and student loans in the United States, and micro-lending and housing finance in Mexico"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Demystifying money -- The power and paradoxes of credit -- Debtfare states -- Debtfarism and the credit card industry -- Debtfarism and the student loan industry -- Debtfarism and the payday loan industry -- Global debtfarism and the universalisation of financial inclusion -- Debtfarism and the microfinance industry -- Debtfarism and the housing industry.
Subject Debt -- Political aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
Poverty -- Government policy.
Consumer credit -- Political aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
Financial institutions -- Political aspects.
Poor -- Finance, Personal. (OCoLC)fst01071074
Poor -- Finance, Personal.
Poverty -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst01074100
Local Subject Poor people -- Finance, Personal.
Other Form: Print version: 0415822661 (DLC) 2014004596
ISBN 1322156158 (e-book)
9781322156156 (e-book)
9781315761954 (e-book)
1315761955 (e-book)
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ISBN 9781317646730
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