Indebted Societies: Credit and Welfare in Rich Democracies

by Andreas Wiedemann

Book Overview

In many rich democracies, access to financial markets is now a prerequisite for fully participating in labor and housing markets and pursuing educational opportunities. Indebted Societies introduces a new social policy theory of everyday borrowing to examine how the rise of credit as a private alternative to the welfare state creates a new kind of social and economic citizenship. Andreas Wiedemann provides a rich study of income volatility and rising...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110897158X
• ISBN13: 9781108971584
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"