Headlong into the Polanyian Dilemma: The impact of middle-class moral Panic on the British Government's response to the sub-prime crisis

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 422-437

  Watson, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Marketself regulation; Moral panic; Protective re embedding of finance; Sub prime crisis

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; HOUSING MARKET; INVESTMENT; MORTGAGE LENDING; POLITICAL INTEGRATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67650587401     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2009.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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