The Routledge International Handbook of Financialization

Routledge International Handbooks

by Philip Mader (Editor), Daniel Mertens (Editor), Natascha Van Der Zwan (Editor)

Financialization has become the go-to term for scholars grappling with the growth of finance. This Handbook offers the first comprehensive survey of the scholarship on financialization, connecting finance with changes in politics, technology, culture, society and the economy. It takes stock of the diverse avenues of research that comprise financialization studies and the contributions they have made to understanding the changes in contemporary societies driven by the rise of finance. The chapters chart the field’s evolution from research describing and critiquing the manifestations of financialization towards scholarship that pinpoints the driving forces, mechanisms and boundaries of financialization. Written for researchers and students not only in economics but from across the social sciences and the humanities, this book offers a decidedly global and pluri-disciplinary view on financialization for those who are looking to understand the changing face of finance and its consequences.

532 pages, Paperback

Published September 30, 2021

Reviews

[Thalie Janya E. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Heavy read but it gets easier the more chapters you read.