Kavita Datta
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781847428431
- eISBN:
- 9781447307549
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847428431.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Stratification, Inequality, and Mobility
This original and topical book tells the untold stories of migrants' experiences of, and responses to, financial exclusion in London. Breaking important new ground, it offers an insight into ...
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This original and topical book tells the untold stories of migrants' experiences of, and responses to, financial exclusion in London. Breaking important new ground, it offers an insight into migrants' lives which is often overlooked, yet is increasingly vital for their broader integration into advanced financialised societies. Adopting a holistic focus, Migrants and their money investigates migrants' complex financial lives which extend far beyond remittance sending, exploring their banking, saving, credit and debt related practices. It highlights how migrants negotiate the complex financial landscape they encounter in London, and the diverse formal and informal ways in which they manage their money in the financial capital of the world. Drawing upon a rich evidence base comprising of interviews with transnational migrants from the global South and Central and Eastern Europe, this book will be of particular interest to academics, local authorities, policy makers and the financial services industry.Less
This original and topical book tells the untold stories of migrants' experiences of, and responses to, financial exclusion in London. Breaking important new ground, it offers an insight into migrants' lives which is often overlooked, yet is increasingly vital for their broader integration into advanced financialised societies. Adopting a holistic focus, Migrants and their money investigates migrants' complex financial lives which extend far beyond remittance sending, exploring their banking, saving, credit and debt related practices. It highlights how migrants negotiate the complex financial landscape they encounter in London, and the diverse formal and informal ways in which they manage their money in the financial capital of the world. Drawing upon a rich evidence base comprising of interviews with transnational migrants from the global South and Central and Eastern Europe, this book will be of particular interest to academics, local authorities, policy makers and the financial services industry.
