Risking Capitalism

Edited by Susanne Soederberg, Queen’s University, Canada

Soederberg presents readers with a collection of scholarly articles and academic essays focused on the relationship between risk, global contemporary capitalism, and neoliberal modes of governance. She has organized the contributions that make up the main body of the text in three parts devoted to risking housing against capitalism, risking poverty against growth, and risking climate against globalism. The editor is a faculty member of Queen’s University in Canada.

• Introduction - Risk Management in Global Capitalism - Susanne SoederbergSECTION I: RISKING HOUSINGRevanchism, Stigma, and the Production of Ignorance: Housing Struggles in Austerity Britain - Tom SlaterNeoliberalization Through Housing Finance, the Displacement of Risk, and Canadian Housing Policy: Challenging Minsky’s Financial Instability Hypothesis - Alan Walks and Dylan SimoneA Multidimensional Approach to Urban Entrepreneurialism, Financialization, and Gentrification in the High-Rise Residential Market of Inner Santiago, Chile - Ernesto Lopez-MoralesSECTION II: RISKING POVERTYFinancialization of Poverty: Proletarianizing the Financial Crisis in Post-Developmental Korea - Chang Kyung-SupHousehold Debt and the Financialization of Social Reproduction: Theorizing the UK Housing and Hunger Crises - Adrienne RobertsNavigating the Aftermath of Crisis and Risk in Mexico and Turkey - Thomas Marois and Hepzibah Munoz-Martinez SECTION III: RISKING CLIMATEAccumulating Insecurity and Manufacturing Risk Along the Energy Frontier - Michael WattsRisky Ventures: Financial Inclusion, Risk Management and the Uncertain Rise of Index-Based Insurance - Marcus TaylorThe World Bank’s Neoliberal Language of Resilience - Romain Felli