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020			_a9781108989381 (ebook)
020			_z9781108839150 (hardback)
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050	0	0	_aHG1551 _b.M297 2021
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100	1		_aMarois, Thomas, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPublic banks : _bdecarbonisation, definancialisation and democratisation / _cThomas Marois.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2021.
300			_a1 online resource (xv, 320 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 May 2021).
520			_aPublic 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.
650		0	_aBanks and banking _vCase studies.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108839150
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781108989381
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