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Author Singh, Supriya, author.

Title Globalization and money : a global south perspective / Supriya Singh.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (243 pages).
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Series Globalization
Globalization (Lanham, Md.)
Contents Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Money: Historical, Social, and Cultural Dimensions; Chapter 2. Globalization and Technologies; Chapter 3. Half the World Is Unbanked; Chapter 4. Women, Money, and Globalization; Chapter 5. Banking: Connecting Markets and Intimate Lives; Chapter 6. Electronic Money: Information and Timeliness; Chapter 7. Mobile Money: The Power of Immediacy; Chapter 8. Migrant Money: Intertwining the Global and the Personal; Chapter 9. Rethinking Money, Technology, and Globalization; References; Index; About the Author.
Summary Globalization and Money explores how men and women, particularly the poor and the unbanked in the global South, use money in ways that empower themselves and their families. Supriya Singh argues that money as a medium of relationships across cultures is a central component of globalization. The author deftly weaves theory and individual stories to show how money is emblematic of interconnected markets, the half of the world that is unbanked, and gender disparities. She illustrates how many of the most exciting changes in harnessing people's.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries.
Globalization -- Economic aspects.
Developing countries.
Money -- Social aspects -- Developing countries.
Money -- Social aspects.
Banks and banking -- Developing countries.
Banks and banking.
Banks and banking, Mobile -- Developing countries.
Banks and banking, Mobile.
Mobile commerce -- Developing countries.
Mobile commerce.
Electronic funds transfers -- Developing countries.
Electronic funds transfers.
Women -- Developing countries -- Finance, Personal.
Women.
Finance, Personal.
Households -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries.
Households -- Economic aspects.
Migrant remittances -- Developing countries.
Migrant remittances.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Other Form: Print version: Singh, Supriya. Globalization and Money : A Global South Perspective. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2013 9781442213562
ISBN 9781442213579 (electronic book)
1442213574 (electronic book)
9781442213562 (print)
9781442213555
1442213558
1442213566
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