TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bear,Laura
TI  - Navigating austerity: currents of debt along a South Asian river 
T2  - Anthropology of policy
SN  - 9780804795548
AV  - HJ8782 .B43 2015
U1  - 336.3/40954 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Stanford, California
PB  - Stanford University Press
KW  - Debts, Public
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - India
KW  - Fiscal policy
KW  - Dettes publiques
KW  - Aspect moral
KW  - Inde
KW  - Politique fiscale
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Public Finance
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Economic history
KW  - fast
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Wirtschaftsethnologie
KW  - gnd
KW  - Lebensbedingungen
KW  - Sparpolitik
KW  - Sozioökonomischer Wandel
KW  - Political Science
KW  - hilcc
KW  - Law, Politics & Government
KW  - Hugli River (India)
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - 1991-
KW  - 1991-2016
KW  - Hooghly (Inde : Fleuve)
KW  - Conditions économiques
KW  - Politique économique
KW  - Hugli River
KW  - Hugli
KW  - Fluss
KW  - West Bengal
KW  - Indien
KW  - Electronic book
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-239) and index; Unpredictable circulations : the bureaucratic life of fiscal crisis -- Nationalist melancholia and the limits of austerity public sector unionism -- Family capital, state pedigree and the limits of austerity public goods -- Making a river of gold : speculation, friendship and entrepreneurial society -- Ajeet's accident : timespaces of global trade and ethical fixes in circulation -- Uncertain futures and eternal returns : timespaces of production in an informalised shipyard -- Conclusion 1 : towards a new social calculus -- Conclusion 2 : sovereign debt, equality and redistribution : a global social calculus
N2  - Navigating Austerity addresses a key policy question of our era: what happens to society and the environment when austerity dominates political and economic life? To get to the heart of this issue, Laura Bear tells the stories of boatmen, shipyard workers, hydrographers, port bureaucrats and river pilots on the Hooghly River, a tributary of the Ganges that flows into the Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean. Through their accounts, Bear traces the hidden currents of state debt crises and their often devastating effects. Taking the reader on a voyage along the river, Bear reveals how bureaucrats, entrepreneurs and workers navigate austerity policies. Their attempts to reverse the decline of ruined public infrastructures, environments and urban spaces lead Bear to argue for a radical rethinking of economics according to a social calculus. This is a critical measure derived from the ethical concerns of people affected by national policies. It places issues of redistribution and inequality at the fore of public and environmental plans. Concluding with proposals for restoring more just long term social obligations, Bear suggests new practices of state financing and ways to democratize fiscal policy. Her aim is to transform sovereign debt from a financial problem into a widely debated ethical and political issue. Navigating Austerity contributes to policy studies as well as to the understanding of today's global injustices. It also develops new theories about the significance of state debt, speculation and time for contemporary capitalism. Sited on a single body of water flowing with rhythms of circulation, renewal and transformation, this ambitious and accessible book will be of interest to specialists and general readers
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