Dealing in Uncertainty

Name: Dealing in Uncertainty
Author: Arjen van der Heide

Insurance in the Age of Finance

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Gebonden, 202 blz. | Engels

Bristol University Press | 1e druk, 2023

ISBN13: 9781529221350

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Hoofdrubriek : Management, Mens en maatschappij

Bristol University Press 1e druk, 2023 9781529221350

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Insurance is an important - if still poorly understood - mechanism for dealing with a broad variety of risks associated with modern life. This book conducts an in-depth examination of one of the largest and longest-established private insurance industries in Europe: British life insurance. In doing so, it draws on over 40 oral history interviews to trace how the sector has changed since the 1970s, a period characterized by rampant financialization and neoliberalization.

Combining insights from science and technology studies and economic sociology, this is an unprecedented study of the evolution of insurance practices and an invaluable contribution to our understanding of financial capitalism.