Money from Nothing - Indebtedness and Aspiration in South Africa (Hardcover)

"Money from Nothing" explores the dynamics surrounding South Africa's national project of financial inclusion--dubbed "banking the unbanked"--which aimed to extend credit to black South Africans as a critical aspect of broad-based economic enfranchisement.
Through rich and captivating accounts, Deborah James reveals the varied ways in which middle- and working-class South Africans' access to credit is intimately bound up with identity, status-making, and aspirations of upward mobility. She draws out the deeply precarious nature of both the aspirations and the economic relations of debt which sustain her subjects, revealing the shadowy side of indebtedness and its potential to produce new forms of oppression and disenfranchisement in place of older ones. "Money from Nothing" uniquely captures the lived experience of indebtedness for those many millions who attempt to improve their positions (or merely sustain existing livelihoods) in emerging economies.

General

Imprint:	Stanford University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2014
First published:	November 2014
Authors:	Deborah James
Dimensions:	235 x 160 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth / Cloth / Cloth
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-8047-9111-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic systems > General Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Credit & credit institutions Books > Money & Finance > Credit & credit institutions
LSN:	0-8047-9111-2
Barcode:	9780804791113

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