Politicized Microfinance: Money, Power, and Violence in the Black Americas - Couverture rigide

Hossein, Caroline Shenaz

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1442648201 ISBN 13 : 9781442648203

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2016

Synopsis

When Grameen Bank was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, microfinance was lauded as an important contributor to the economic development of the Global South. However, political scandals, mission-drift, and excessive commercialization have tarnished this example of responsible or inclusive financial development. Politicized Microfinance insightfully discusses exclusion while providing a path towards redemption.

In this work, Caroline Shenaz Hossein explores the politics, histories and social prejudices that have shaped the legacy of microbanking in Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad. Writing from a feminist perspective, Hossein's analysis is rooted in original qualitative data and offers multiple solutions that prioritize the needs of marginalized and historically oppressed people of African descent.

A must read for scholars of political economy, diaspora studies, social economy, women's studies, as well as development practitioners, Politicized Microfinance convincingly deftly argues for microfinance to return to its origins as a political tool, fighting for those living in the margins.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Caroline Shenaz Hossein is an assistant professor in the Department of Social Science as well as a member of the Centre for Feminist Research and the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas at York University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1442648201
• ISBN 13: 9781442648203
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne