Credit and Debt in an Unequal Society : : Establishing a Consumer Credit Market in South Africa /

Credit and Debt in an Unequal Society : : Establishing a Consumer Credit Market in South Africa / / Jürgen Schraten.

South Africa was one of the first countries in the Global South that established a financialized consumer credit market. This market consolidates rather than alleviates the extreme social inequality within a country. This book investigates the political reasons for adopting an allegedly self-regulat...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Schraten, Jürgen,
Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:The Human Economy ; 7
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Physical Description:1 online resource (212 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on the Text
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1 Borrowing in the South African Consumer Credit Market
  • CHAPTER 2 Raising the Storm of a Free Consumer Credit Market
  • CHAPTER 3 The Institutional Framework: Implementing a Consumer Credit Market
  • CHAPTER 4 Legislators’ Reactions to the Consumer Credit Market Crisis
  • CHAPTER 5 The Model of Rational Action in the South African Consumer Credit Market
  • Conclusion: The Missed Options of the South African Consumer Credit Market
  • References
  • Index

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