Social and Psychological Dimensions of Personal Debt and the Debt Industry

An understanding of personal debt requires an understanding of the complex social systems that produce poverty. By drawing upon international perspectives, this book investigates why more and more people are in debt, why it is causing so much mental distress and exactly who is benefiting from what has become the world's number one growth industry.

Darrin Hodgetts, University of Waikato, New Zealand Shiloh Groot, University of Auckland, New Zealand Kerry Chamberlain, Massey University, New Zealand Emily Garden, Auckland City Mission, New Zealand Daniel G Cooper, Institute on Public Safety and Social Justice, Adler School, USA Bradley D Olson, National Louis University, USA Petra Rodik, University of Zagreb, Croatia Aïda Ballester, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain Moisés Carmona, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain Rubén David Fernández, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain Ana González, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain Johanna Jiménez, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain Elies Martínez, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain Irene Moulas, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain Laura Peret, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain Carolina Viano, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain Alexandre Papamichail, University of Bristol, UK Petros Mizamidi, Independent Scholar, Greece Mark Burton, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Adriano Zamperini, University of Padua, Italy Marialuisa Menegatto, Verona University, Italy Salman Turken, University of Oslo, Norway Erik Carlquist, University of Oslo, Norway Henry Allen, University of East Anglia, UK Jacqui Akhurst, York St John University, UK Jacqui Lovell, York St John University Paul Hanna, University of Brighton, UK Liz Cunningham, University of Brighton, UK Carl Walker, University of Brighton, UK Ceylan Cizmeli, State University of New York at Oswego, USA Mert Demir, City University of New York, USA Dolores S. Miranda Gierbolini, University of Puerto Rico Ida de Jesús Collazo, University of Puerto Rico Douglas Marlon Arévalo Mira Bruce Curtis, University of Auckland, New Zealand Cate Curtis, University of Waikato, New Zealand