Disembedded

Regulation, Crisis, and Democracy in the Age of Finance

Basak Kus (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2024
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-776487-9 (ISBN)

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During the last two decades, there has been much scholarly and popular interest in the financialization of the American economy--why the turn to finance has taken place, what constituted it, and what has come out of it. In Disembedded, Basak Kus draws from the theories of Karl Polanyi--one of the greatest and most influential political economists of the twentieth century--to answer these questions. Focused primarily on the state's regulatory role in a dominantly financialized economy, Kus examines how neoliberal principles influenced the evolution of American regulatory policies, shaping the financial sector's operations and practices. Her narrative traces the trajectory of these interactions, highlighting critical junctures, policy decisions, and market outcomes that culminated in the financial crisis. Offering historical insights into the financial crisis spanning 2007-2010 and its ensuing influence on American politics and democracy, Disembedded provides a broad-ranging and systemic explanation of the American political economy, especially the regulatory landscape that shaped the patterns of financialization.

Basak Kus is Associate Professor of Government at Wesleyan University. She teaches and writes about the interplay of the state, capitalism, and democracy. Her work to date has focused on themes such as economic crises and liberalization reforms, the restructuring of the welfare state, state-labor union relations, regulation of the financial sector, financialization, debt, and the politics of inequality.

Chapter 1: Polanyi on Wall Street
Chapter 2: A New Creed on Regulation
Chapter 3: The Political Ascent of the New Creed
Chapter 4: From Politics to Policy: Regulation and Finance
Chapter 5: Disembeddedness in Financial Times
Chapter 6: The Crisis
Chapter 7: In Search of Protection: From Disembeddedness to Populist Persuasions
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	25.04.2024
Zusatzinfo	24 b/w figures; 7 tables
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 239 mm
Gewicht	295 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
ISBN-10	0-19-776487-8 / 0197764878
ISBN-13	978-0-19-776487-9 / 9780197764879
Zustand	Neuware