Overview

This book seeks to draw together a series of theoretical and empirical contributions from several countries including the US, Japan, the UK, and Germany. The chapters differ from a majority of writings on the financial sector in that they are not dominated by economic or finance issues but are concerned with social or sociological implications, conditions and consequence of current charges in financial services.

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Author:   David Knights ,  Tony Tinker
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 1997
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.301kg
ISBN:  

9781349259557

ISBN 10:   1349259551
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   01 January 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - An Industry in Transition: Regulation, Restructuring and Renewal; D.Knights - The Dialectic of the Value Form: The Social Evolution of Capital Markets in the US; T.Tinker - Suburban Subjects: Financial Services and the New Rights; C.Grey - The Acrobat of Desire: Consumer Credit and its Linkages to Modern Consumerism; M.Shaoul - Bringing the Consumer in: Sales Networks in Retail Banking in New Zealand; T.Austrin - Financial Services in Transition: An Examination of Market and Regulatory Forces in Denmark and the UK; J.Sundbo - Stability or Transformation of Employment Relations in German Banking; M.Muller - Marketing the Soul: From the Ideology of Consumption to Consumer Subjectivity; D.Knights and A.Sturdy - The Japanese Main Bank Relationship: Governance or Competitive Strategy?; M.J.Scher - Index

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