Debt is often thought of as a mere economic variable governed by a simplistic mechanical logic, ignoring its other facets. Whose debt, and debt of what exactly? This volume analyzes debt as a political and social construct, with a multiplicity of purposes and agents. All of thes…
1. Introduction : debts shared and imposed, political and gendered / Bernard Hours and Pepita Ould Ahmed -- 2. Paying what one owes ... or carrying out one's obligations / Pepita Ould Ahmed -- 3. Debt : the price of what, exactly? / Bernard Hours -- 4. Incompatibility and comple…
Debt is often thought of as a mere economic variable governed by a simplistic mechanical logic, ignoring its other facets. Whose debt, and debt of what exactly? This volume analyzes debt as a political and social construct, with a multiplicity of purposes and agents. All of thes…