| Description |
xi, 112 pages ; 26 cm |
| ISBN |
9781138549777 hardback |
| Note |
"The chapters in this book were originally published in New Political Economy, volume 22, issue 4 (August 2017)." --Page vii. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-108) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Material cultures of financialisation / Kate Bayliss, Ben Fine and Mary Robertson -- The material and culture of financialisation / Ben Fine -- Material cultures of water financialisation in England and Wales / Kate Bayliss -- (De)constructing the financialised culture of owner-occupation in the UK, with the aid of the 10Cs / Mary Robertson -- Cultivating the self-reliant and responsible individual : the material culture of financial literacy / Ana C. Santos -- The digital revolution in financial inclusion : international development in the fintech era / Daniela Gabor and Sally Brooks -- Financialisation, media and social change / Catherine Happer -- From happiness to social provisioning : addressing well-being in times of crisis / Marco Boffo, Andrew Brown and David A. Spencer. |
| Summary |
"This collection offers pathbreaking framing of the material culture of financialisation. It begins with a tight definition of financialisation in order to distinguish the phenomenon of financialisation from its effects and from the looser associations prevalent within much of the literature such as the presence of credit or even simply (more extensive) monetary relations. To locate financialisation within economic and social reproduction, of which material culture is a part, close attention is paid to the distinctive forms of financialisation arising from commodification, commodity form and commodity calculation. The differences in the extent to which, and how, these prevail are addressed through the innovative system of provision approach and its framing of material culture through use of ten distinctive attributes of such cultures, known as the 10Cs (Constructed, Construed, Conforming, Commodified, Contextual, Contradictory, Closed, Contested, Collective and Chaotic). This framing of the cultures attached to financialisation is then illustrated through case studies demonstrating the diverse ways in which shifting cultures have served to embed financialisation in our daily lives. After a discussion of the material culture of financialisation itself there are two sector examples which review financial cultures in the provision of water and housing. These are followed by considerations of financialisation in financial literacy and financial inclusion, the media and, finally, well-being. The chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue of New Political Economy." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Library Class |
Economics T173
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| Subject |
Financialization -- Social aspects.
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Material culture -- Economic aspects.
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Economics -- Sociological aspects.
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Commodification.
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| Other Author |
Bayliss, Kate, 1965- editor.
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Fine, Ben, editor.
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Robertson, Mary, editor.
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| Alt Title |
Material cultures of financialization
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