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Indebted Society: Credit & Default in the 1980's

by Janet Ford

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Synopsis:

In 'The Indebted Society' Janet Ford gives an overview both of contemporary debt and credit and discusses the borrower's experience of debt, as well as its management.

Synopsis:

This book is about debt - a situation which affects a large and growing number of people. In Britain alone in 1986 more than 2 million people were sued for debt in the county courts. But debt cannot be understood apart from credit, and the 1980s have seen a substantial increase in the amount of credit available.

In The Indebted Society Janet Ford gives both an overview of the contemporary credit and debt society and a discussion of the borrower's experience and management of debt. As well as providing a critical examination of the growth and changing structure of credit provision, describing the social and economic base for such growth, and considering explanations for the emergence of default and contemporary attitudes to debt, she also presents a detailed study of forty households with mortgage arrears, placing these personal histories within the broader structure of a credit and debt society.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780415007573
Author:
Ford, Janet
Publisher:
Routledge
Author:
Ford Janet
Location:
London ;
Subject:
Debt
Subject:
Consumer credit
Subject:
Default (Finance) -- Great Britain.
Subject:
Default
Subject:
Consumer credit -- Great Britain.
Subject:
Debt -- Great Britain.
Subject:
Finance
Subject:
Sociology - General
Edition Description:
Bibliography: p. 197-203.
Series Volume:
no. 63
Publication Date:
October 1988
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
9.21x6.14x.47 in. .70 lbs.

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