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The Personal Life of Debt

Name: The Personal Life of Debt
Author: Ryan Davey

Coercion, Subjectivity and Inequality in Britain

Ryan Davey,

224 pages
English
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eBook - ePub

The Personal Life of Debt

Coercion, Subjectivity and Inequality in Britain

Ryan Davey,

About this book

As the cost of living rises, British households face unprecedented levels of debt. But many commentators characterise those who stash away envelopes, leave telephones ringing, or hide from debt collectors as irresponsible.

The first full-length ethnography of debt problems in Britain, this book uses long-term fieldwork on a southern English housing estate to give a sensitive retelling of the everyday lives of indebted people.

It argues that the inequalities of debt go beyond economic questions to include the way state coercion hinders people's efforts to define what they truly value. Indeed, from finance to housing and even parenthood, the potential for dispossession has become a pervasive method of power that strikes at the heart of personal life.

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