Different Debtors, Different Struggles: Foreign-Currency Housing Loans and Class Tensions in Romania
Different Debtors, Different Struggles: Foreign-Currency Housing Loans and Class Tensions in Romania
Author(s): Ioana Florea, Mihail Sandu DumitriuSubject(s): Economic policy, Welfare systems, Family and social welfare, Rural and urban sociology, Financial Markets, Public Finances, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Sociologický ústav
Keywords: class; FX debt; household debt; politics; Romania
Summary/Abstract: Management of foreign-currency household debt in Romania in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008 had the effect of deepening pre-2008 class disparities and treated debtor categories differently according to their income. In this article we contribute to the debate on subaltern financialisation by showing how post-crisis credit and housing policies contributed to the fact that today different debtor groups (i.e. by type of credit but also by time of lending) find themselves at opposing ends of the political spectrum based on different class alliances, with those who benefited from the crisis-management polices positioning themselves against those who were the ‘losers’ under these same policies.
Journal: Critical Housing Analysis
- Issue Year: 9/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 68-77
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English