Format:
XI, 174 Seiten
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9781108420525
Content:
"In Borrowing Together, Becky Hsu examines the social aspects of the most intriguing element of group-lending microfinance: social collateral. She investigates the details of the social relationships among fellow borrowers and between borrowers and lenders, finding that these relationships are the key that explains the outcomes in rural China. People access money through their social networks, but they also do the opposite: cultivate their social relationships by moving money. Hsu not only looks closely at what transpired in the course of a microfinance intervention, but also reverses the gaze to examine the expectations that brought the program to the site in the first place. Hsu explains why microfinance's 'articles of faith' failed to comprehend the influence of longstanding relationships and the component of morality, and how they raise doubts - not only about microfinance - but also about the larger goals of development research"--
Content:
"Borrowing Together is a study of what happened in a field site in rural China when there were attempts to have people borrow money, then repay it "together" (using group liability and social collateral) for the purpose of alleviating their poverty and boosting economic development in their communities. Microcredit, so named for its very small loan amounts and the most well-known type of microfinance, was first launched in China in the 1980s by the United Nations within a larger context of global trends"--
Content:
Machine generated contents note: List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Group lending, social ties, and a pragmatist theory of microfinance; 2. Microfinance in China: history, influences, and program efforts; 3. Credit and favor: the effect of social influence on repayment and default; 4. Repaying a friend: making the self and the impossible default; 5. The social cost of sanctions: why borrowers avoided making others lose face; 6. Personhood, microfinance, and a new proposition for the sociology of development; Appendix: fieldwork methodology; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Keywords:
China
;
Mikrofinanzierung
DOI:
10.1017/9781108349468
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