237 - Regular Session. Economic Sociology. Debit and Credit

Session Submission Type: Paper Session

Abstract

The role that debt (and its accompanying organic half, credit) plays in the life of the average person has recently attracted much attention, both in public discourse and among economic sociologists. This session continues and deepens this interest, by addressing topics such as credit-rating, class and debt, legislation about credit, and the relationship of credit to consumption.

Sub Unit

• Economic Sociology

Session Organizer

• Richard Swedberg, Cornell University

Presider

• Alya Guseva, Boston University

Individual Presentations

• Borrowing History: How Employers Use Credit Reports in Hiring - Barbara Kiviat, Harvard University

• Calculating Financialization: The Calculative Practices of Credit Rating Agencies as Drivers of Social Change - Natalia Besedovsky, University of Bremen

• Credit and the Promise of Frictionless Federalism - Sarah Quinn, University of Washington

• Who is in Debt? A Class Based Analysis of Consumption on Credit - Zaibu Nissa Tufail, University of California-Irvine