Debt and Austerity

Edited by Jodi Gardner, Mia Gray and Katharina Moser

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This book explores the complex interactions between debt and austerity, analysing the social, economic, and legal implications of governments’ responses to the 2008 financial crisis.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Geography; Law - Academic; Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
ISBN: 9781839104343
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Understanding low-income debt in a high-income country , pp 2-29

Mia Gray, Katharina Möser and Jodi Gardner

Ch 2 Mortgage debt in an age of austerity , pp 30-45

Susan J. Smith

Ch 3 Debt begets debt: public and private debt in austerity Britain , pp 46-68

Mia Gray

Ch 4 Austerity and financial safety nets: bankruptcy abuse prevention and bank protection in Irish post-crisis policy? , pp 69-93

Joseph Spooner

Ch 5 The changing infrastructure of debt relief: privatisation, bureaucracy and public choice , pp 94-124

Katharina Möser

Ch 6 I just felt responsible for my debts: debt stigma and class(ificatory) exploitation , pp 125-150

Matthew Sparkes

Ch 7 Austere social reproduction and the gendered geographies of debt , pp 151-173

Sam Strong

Ch 8 The poverty premium and debt , pp 175-193

Sara Davies and Andrea Finney

Ch 9 High-cost credit in the UK: whats the problem and how should policy respond? , pp 194-218

Karen Rowlingson

Ch 10 The rise and rise of affordability complaints , pp 219-239

Sara Williams

Ch 11 Consumer debt problems and the image of the consumer in Swedish consumer credit regulation , pp 240-259

Ann-Sofie Henrikson

Ch 12 Partnering to address financial exclusion in Australia , pp 260-278

Jordan Grace

Ch 13 Relief from austerity: the case for a targeted write-off of the UKs household debt stock , pp 279-297

Johnna Montgomerie

Ch 14 Austerity, inequality and high-cost credit: understanding the role of a social minimum , pp 298-320

Jodi Gardner

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