There has been renewed interest in the role of financial elites since the economic crisis of 2008. This edited book examines the role of financial elites from a historical perspective through a series of studies of various European countries throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Verlagsinfo: Vor dem Hintergrund der weltweit verflochtenen Nichteisen-Metallindustrie untersucht die Autorin Formen internationaler Unternehmenstätigkeit der Vieille Montagne und Metallgesellschaft vor 1914. Gegenstand der Untersuchung sind damit zwei international herausragende, von der...

"This is the first comprehensive study of loans and debts in Central European countries in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. It outlines the issues of debts and loans in the Czech lands, Poland and Hungary, with respect to the influence of Austria and Germany. It focuses on the role of...

Beginning with an original historical vision of financialization in human history, this volume then continues with a rich set of contemporary ethnographic case studies from Europe, Asia and Africa. Authors explore the ways in which finance inserts itself into relationships of class and kinship,...

Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Contributors -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Overview: participatory budgeting for inclusive and accountable governance or protecting the tyranny of a few? / by Anwar Shah -- Introduction to participatory budgeting -- Practical guide to participatory...