Title: Credit and Debt in an Unequal Society
Description: "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-regulating market despite its disastrous effects and identifies the colonialist ideas of property rights as a mainstay of the existing social order. The book addresses sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists and legal scholars interested in the interaction of economy and law in contemporary market societies"--
Subjects: Consumer credit, Debts, public, africa, Debt, Crédit à la consommation, Aspect social, Dettes, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior, Social aspects