CFP: The Foreclosure Crisis and the Financial Crisis: Local Configurations and Global Consequences

Call for papers
2009 ISA-RC21 Sao Paulo Conference
Session 2.
The Foreclosure Crisis and the Financial Crisis:
Local Configurations and Global Consequences - Manuel B. Aalbers, University of Amsterdam, The Nederlands.


The housing foreclosure crisis that is spreading throughout the US is not just affecting local real estate, but also financial markets around the globe. Increasingly, we are seeing the social and economic consequences of both crises, not just in communities with high default rates, but almost anywhere in the world. We welcome papers on a variety of topics, including but not limited to: foreclosure studies, homeownership, social and financial exclusion, political economy of the crisis, financial centres/global cities, and how the crisis affects places around the globe. We especially encourage papers that make the connection between the global crisis and a particular city or number of cities.

For more details on the conference, please see http://www.centrodametropole.org.br/ISA2009/.

For specific questions about this particular session, please contact me directly at m.b.aalbers@gmail.com.