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Author Schuerkens, Ulrike

Title Socioeconomic Outcomes of the Global Financial Crisis : Theoretical Discussion and Empirical Case Studies / Ulrike Schuerkens
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (281 pages)
Series Routledge Advances in Sociology
Routledge advances in sociology.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Maps; List of Tables; Preface; PART I Theoretical and Empirical Introduction: Global Crises and Socioeconomic Outcomes; 1 Introduction: Socioeconomic Outcomes of the Global Financial Crisis--Theoretical Overview and Some Empirical Observations; PART II Systematic Part; 2 "Greening the Crisis": The Place of Environmental Factors in Its Story and Aftermath; 3 The Economic Crisis, Austerity, and Migration: Exploring the Failed Trajectory of Neoliberal Post-Communism
4 From Male to Female: Conversion and Gender Relations in Times of Crisis--A Study of Seasonal Workers of Agribusiness in Chile5 Social Effects of the Crisis: Residential Mobility and Urban Sprawl in the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona (Spain); PART III Regional Case Studies; 6 The Socioeconomic Effects of the 2008 Crisis on Different Social Classes in Turkey; 7 The Socioeconomic and Political Outcomes of the Global Financial Crisis in Ukraine; 8 The Brazilian Approach to Crisis: Growth Recovery, Basic Social Income, and a Wide Social Pact
9 The First Financial Avalanche of the 21st Century: Impact on Different Social Classes in Vietnam10 The Socioeconomic Consequences of the Global Crisis on Asia; 11 African Reactions to the Global Economic Crisis; PART IV Conclusion; 12 Some Tentative Conclusions and Perspectives on Socioeconomic Outcomes of the Recent Global Financial Crises; Contributors; Index
Summary This book originates from a comparative research project involving extensive collection and analysis of primary and secondary materials (scholarly literature, statistical data, and interviews with key actors) on socioeconomic outcomes of the global financial crisis in all major world regions during the last years. Offering analytical and comparative insights at the global level, as well as an assessment of the overall social globalization phenomenon, this book will be useful for scholars, students, NGOs, and policy makers
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Subject Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Social aspects
Financial crises -- Social aspects
Economics -- Sociological aspects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
Economics -- Sociological aspects
Financial crises -- Social aspects
Social aspects
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781136313097
1136313095