{"product_id":"borrowing-together-microfinance-and-cultivating-social-ties-hardback-9781108420525","title":"Borrowing Together; Microfinance and Cultivating Social Ties (Hardback) 9781108420525","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBorrowing Together\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMicrofinance and Cultivating Social Ties\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is about microfinance in rural China and how the villagers cultivated their social relationships by moving money.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBecky Yang Hsu (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108420525, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 November 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e186 pages, 1 b\/w illus.  4 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 1.5 cm, 0.4 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn Borrowing Together, Becky Hsu examines the social aspects of the most intriguing element of group-lending microfinance: social collateral. She investigates the details of the social relationships among fellow borrowers and between borrowers and lenders, finding that these relationships are the key that explains the outcomes in rural China. People access money through their social networks, but they also do the opposite: cultivate their social relationships by moving money. Hsu not only looks closely at what transpired in the course of a microfinance intervention, but also reverses the gaze to examine the expectations that brought the program to the site in the first place. Hsu explains why microfinance's 'articles of faith' failed to comprehend the influence of longstanding relationships and the component of morality, and how they raise doubts - not only about microfinance - but also about the larger goals of development research.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. Group lending, social ties, and a pragmatist theory of microfinance\u003cbr\u003e 2. Microfinance in China: history, influences, and program efforts\u003cbr\u003e 3. Credit and favor: the effect of social influence on repayment and default\u003cbr\u003e 4. Repaying a friend: making the self and the impossible default\u003cbr\u003e 5. The social cost of sanctions: why borrowers avoided making others lose face\u003cbr\u003e 6. Personhood, microfinance, and a new proposition for the sociology of development\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: fieldwork methodology\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e], Sociology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20%5BJHB%5D%22\"\u003eJHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266261340440,"sku":"9781108420525","price":74.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108420525i_6f23ae9e-0847-49a9-9287-57b45ba48a30.jpg?v=1696754067","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/borrowing-together-microfinance-and-cultivating-social-ties-hardback-9781108420525","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}