Global Finance: Places, Spaces and People Contributor(s): Hall, Sarah (Author) |
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ISBN: 1473905931 ISBN-13: 9781473905931 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $149.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
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BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Human Geography - Business & Economics | Finance - General |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.7" W x 9.6" (1.75 lbs) 184 pages |
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Publisher Description: The financial crisis of 2007-2008 and its aftermath have resulted in the role of money and finance within the global economy becoming the subject of considerable debate in public, policy, and media circles. Global Finance is a timely look at the contemporary international financial environment, providing an introduction to this dynamic field of research for students and more advanced researchers. Drawing on economic geography, economic sociology, and critical management, author Sarah Hall offers a broad selection of case studies that ground critical theory in our current financial climate. Hall examines and reviews a wide range of critical approaches relating to the role of money and finance in the global economy, dividing these approaches into three key sections:
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Contributor Bio(s): Hall, Sarah: - Sarah Hall is Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Nottingham, having been educated at the Universities of Cambridge and Bristol. Her work focuses on advancing cultural economy approaches to understanding of markets, power and elites under conditions of finance-led capitalism. Supported by funding from the Economic and Social Research council, the British Academy, the Leverhulme Trust and the Nuffield Foundation, her research mostly centres on London's international financial district and its relations with North America, Europe and, increasingly, China. Her work has been pubished in a number of leading academic journals. She was appointed an Editor of the journal Goeoforum in 2013 and held a British Academy Mid Career Fellowship in 2015-2017. |