Using a variety of theoretical frameworks drawn from the social
sciences, the contributions in this edited collection offer a
critical perspective on the dominant paradigms used in contemporary
financial activities. Through a detailed study of the organisation
and functioning of financial intermediaries and institutions, the
contributors to this volume analyse 'finance in the making', by
shedding light on the structuring of banking and financial systems,
on their capacity to prescribe action and control, on their modes
of regulation and, more generally, on the process of
financialisation. Contributions presented in this volume have been
written by authors working within the 'social studies of finance'
tradition, a research programme that emerged twenty years ago, with
the aim of addressing a diversity of financial fieldworks and
related theoretical questions. This book, therefore, sheds light on
different areas that are representative of contemporary financial
realities. Specifically, it first studies the work of financial
employees: traders, salespeople, investment managers, financial
analysts, investment consultants, etc. but also provides an
analysis of a range of financial instruments: financial schemes and
contracts, financial derivatives, socially responsible investment
funds, as well as market rules and regulations. Finally, it puts
into perspective the organisations contributing to this financial
reality: those developing and selling financial services (retail
banks, brokerage houses, asset management firms, private equity
firms, etc.), and also those contributing to the regulation of such
activities (banking regulators, financial market authorities,
credit rating agencies, the State, to name a few). Each text can be
read without any specific knowledge of finance; the book is thus
addressed to anyone willing to better understand the intricacies of
contemporary financial realities.
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