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Media Title: North American book launch event
Meta_dc.title: Public Banks: Decarbonisation, Definancialisation and Democratisation
Media Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0XrD4vPN0c
Meta_dc.format: HTML
Meta_dc.publisher: Cambridge University Press
Meta_dc.date: 2021
Meta_dc.language: EN
Meta_dc.description: Public banks are banks located within the public sphere of a state. They are pervasive, with more than 900 institutions worldwide, and powerful, with tens of trillions in assets. Public banks are neither essentially good nor bad. Rather, they are dynamic institutions, made and remade by contentious social forces. As the first single-authored book on public banks, this timely intervention examines how these institutions can confront the crisis of climate finance and catalyse a green and just transition. The author explores six case studies across the globe, demonstrating that public banks have acquired the representative structures, financial capacity, institutional knowledge, collaborative networks, and geographical reach to tackle decarbonisation, definancialisation, and democratisation. These institutions are not without contradictions, torn as they are between contending public and private interests in class-divided society. Ultimately, social forces and struggles shape how and if public banks serve the public good.
Available formats Title - One: Order the book (EN)
Available formats Link - One: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/public-banks/0EC8E41F837E1F10BE53FC31DA83D012
Public Year: 2021
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number of pages: 320
ISBN: Online: 9781108989381
Available languages: EN

 

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