Migrants and Their Money
Surviving Financial Exclusion
1st Edition
Published on 18. April 2012
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-84742-843-1 (ISBN)
Description
This original and topical book tells the untold stories of migrants' experiences of, and responses to, financial exclusion in London. Breaking important new ground, it offers an insight into migrants' lives which is often overlooked, yet is increasingly vital for their broader integration into advanced financialised societies.
Adopting a holistic focus, Migrants and their Money investigates migrants' complex financial lives which extend far beyond remittance sending, exploring their banking, saving, credit and debt related practices. It highlights how migrants negotiate the complex financial landscape they encounter and the diverse formal and informal ways in which they manage their money in the financial capital of the world. Drawing upon a rich evidence base, this book will be of particular interest to academics, local authorities, policy makers and the financial services industry.
Adopting a holistic focus, Migrants and their Money investigates migrants' complex financial lives which extend far beyond remittance sending, exploring their banking, saving, credit and debt related practices. It highlights how migrants negotiate the complex financial landscape they encounter and the diverse formal and informal ways in which they manage their money in the financial capital of the world. Drawing upon a rich evidence base, this book will be of particular interest to academics, local authorities, policy makers and the financial services industry.
Reviews / Votes
"In a research field usually populated by financial centres and elite intermediaries, here at last is a much needed analysis of the financial lives and geographies of low paid migrants in London." Jane Pollard, University of NewcastleMore details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
531 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84742-843-1 (9781847428431)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
04/2012
1st Edition
Policy Press
€124.09
Available for download
Person
Kavita Datta is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London. She has extensive research experience in transnational migration, finance and gender and has conducted research in both the Global North and South.
Content
Migrants, money and exclusion; Changing financial landscapes: public policy responses to financial exclusion in the UK; Mapping migrants' financial lives in London; Strategising for banking inclusion; Coping with savings and credit exclusion: alternative practices of reciprocity and trust; Transnational money: the formalisation of migrant remittances; Looking forward: from exclusion to inclusion and back?
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