Overview
- Covers financialization, an emerging subject in different fields such as economics, sociology, geography and law
- Thoroughly analyzes a developing country from a geographical perspective
- Brings a systematized analysis of the recent evolution of the Brazilian financial system, which is the most dynamic in Latin America
Part of the book series: Economic Geography (ECOGEO)
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2 the national level, which demonstrates the recent development of the financial and banking system (after 1964), with emphasis on the location and regionalization of bank headquarters and branches, as well as the new electronic channels for the provision of banking services (ATMs, points-of-sales, mobile and Internet banking); and
3. the local scale, which shows how these new financial agents and technical systems affect the Brazilian urban population, emphasizing the indebtedness of the lower income classes,as well as the emergence of alternative ways of using finance, such as fintechs, credit cooperatives and community banks.
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Book Title: The Financialization of the Brazilian Territory
Book Subtitle: From Global Forces to Local Dynamisms
Authors: Fabio Betioli Contel
Series Title: Economic Geography
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40293-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-40292-1Published: 21 February 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-40295-2Published: 21 February 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-40293-8Published: 20 February 2020
Series ISSN: 2520-1417
Series E-ISSN: 2520-1425
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 155
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Economic Geography, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Area Studies