"Beginning with an original historical vision of financialization in human history, this volume then continues with a rich set of contemporary ethnographic case studies from Europe, Asia and Africa. Authors explore the ways in which finance inserts itself into relationships of class and kinship, how it adapts to non-Western religious traditions, and how it reconfigures legal and ecological dimensions of social organization, and urban social relations in general. Central themes include the indebtedness of individuals and households, the impact of digital technologies, the struggle for housing, financial education, and political contestation"--.

• Financialization
• Contents
• Illustrations, Figures and Tables
• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Financialization, Plutocracy, and the Debtor’s Economy
• Chapter 2. Accumulation by Saturation
• Chapter 3. Green Infrastructure as Financialized Utopia
• Chapter 4. Altering the Trajectory of Finance
• Chapter 5. Financialization and Reproduction in Baku, Azerbaijan
• Chapter 6. Financialization and the Norwegian State
• Chapter 7. Capital’s Fidelity
• Chapter 8. Redistribution and Indebtedness
• Chapter 9. Retail Finance and the Moral Dimension of Class
• Chapter 10. Making Debt Work
• Chapter 11. Financialized Kinship and Challenges for the Greek Oikos
• Chapter 12. Financialized Landscapes and Transport Infrastructure
• Chapter 13. Housing Financialization in Majorcan Holiday Rentals
• Afterword
• Index