Debt's Grip : Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy

Foohey, Pamela/ Lawless, Robert M./ Thorne, Deborah

University of California Press（2025/08発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 308 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780520394148
• DDC分類 658.15

Full Description

Debt's Grip tells the story of financial struggle in the United States. Drawing on original data from the Consumer Bankruptcy Project, a landmark long-term study, the authors use the words of bankruptcy filers themselves to shed light on their battles to keep their homes and their cars, pay for healthcare and higher education, care for their children, find adequate employment, retire, negotiate with debt collectors, and confront discrimination in lending. Laying bare the consequences of risk privatization, this book makes a powerful case for why the United States must confront the structural inequities that cause so many—especially Black families, women, and the elderly—to struggle in today's economy.

Contents

Contents
 
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
 
Introduction: Living under the Threat
of Financial Collapse
1. Filing Bankruptcy and the Bankruptcy System
2. Struggling to Survive
3. Staying Home and Going Places
4. Staying Alive
5. Staying Out of the Red
6. Blackness of Bankruptcy
7. All the Single Ladies (with Children) in Bankruptcy
8. The Riskiest Years—Bankrupt Seniors
9. Lawsuits and Debt Collectors
10. "Resourced" Bankruptcy Filers
Conclusion: Reforming Bankruptcy's Injustices
 
Methodological Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index