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Defining money as a socially and politically constructed 'promise to pay', Ingham applies this approach to a range of important historical and analytical questions. The origins of money, the 'cashless' monetary systems of the ancient Near Eastern empires, the pre-capitalist coinage of Greece and Rome and the emergence of capitalist credit-money are all given new interpretations. In contrast to the conventional focus on production and property relations, ir is argued that capitalism's distinctiveness is to be found in the social structure Ä comprising complex linkages between firms, banks and states Ä by which private debts are routinely 'monetized'. Monetary 'disorders' Ä inflation, deflation, the collaspe of currencies Ä are the result of disruptions of, or the inability to sustain, these creditÄdebt relations. Finally, this concept of money is used to clarify confusion in the recent debates on the emergence of new forms and spaces of money Ä such as global electronic money, local exchange trading schemes and the euro.
Defining money as a socially and politically constructed 'promise to pay', Ingham applies this approach to a range of important historical and analytical questions. The origins of money, the 'cashless' monetary systems of the ancient Near Eastern empires, the pre-capitalist coinage of Greece and Rome and the emergence of capitalist credit-money are all given new interpretations. In contrast to the conventional focus on production and property relations, ir is argued that capitalism's distinctiveness is to be found in the social structure Ä comprising complex linkages between firms, banks and states Ä by which private debts are routinely 'monetized'. Monetary 'disorders' Ä inflation, deflation, the collaspe of currencies Ä are the result of disruptions of, or the inability to sustain, these creditÄdebt relations. Finally, this concept of money is used to clarify confusion in the recent debates on the emergence of new forms and spaces of money Ä such as global electronic money, local exchange trading schemes and the euro.
PART I. CONCEPTS AND THEORIES.
Introduction.
1. Money as a Commodity and 'Neural' Symbol of Commodities.
2. Abstract Value, Credit and the State.
3. Money in Sociological Theory.
4. Fundamentals of a Theory of Money.
PART II. HISTORY AND ANALYSIS.
5. The Historical Origins of Money and its Pre-capitalist Forms.
6. The Development of Capitalist Credit-Money.
7. The Production of Capitalist Crefit-Money.
8. Monetary Disorder.
9. New Monetary Spaces.
Concluding Remarks.
Notes.
References.
Index.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780745609973 |
| ISBN-10: | 074560997X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Ingham, Geoffrey |
| Hersteller: | Polity Press |
| Maße: | 231 x 151 x 22 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Geoffrey Ingham |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 09.04.2004 |
| Gewicht: | 0,397 kg |
PART I. CONCEPTS AND THEORIES.
Introduction.
1. Money as a Commodity and 'Neural' Symbol of Commodities.
2. Abstract Value, Credit and the State.
3. Money in Sociological Theory.
4. Fundamentals of a Theory of Money.
PART II. HISTORY AND ANALYSIS.
5. The Historical Origins of Money and its Pre-capitalist Forms.
6. The Development of Capitalist Credit-Money.
7. The Production of Capitalist Crefit-Money.
8. Monetary Disorder.
9. New Monetary Spaces.
Concluding Remarks.
Notes.
References.
Index.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780745609973 |
| ISBN-10: | 074560997X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Ingham, Geoffrey |
| Hersteller: | Polity Press |
| Maße: | 231 x 151 x 22 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Geoffrey Ingham |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 09.04.2004 |
| Gewicht: | 0,397 kg |
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