[Economic Geography] The Financialization of the Brazilian Territory (From Global Forces to Local Dynamisms) ||

The book analyzes the financialization of the Brazilian territory to identify its main actors, technical systems and processes. The work is divided into three parts, which correspond to the three main scales of analysis of the national financial system: 1. the global scale, which defines the relative position of Brazil in the international division of financial work, emphasizing the role of São Paulo as an international financial centre; 2 the national level, which demonstrates the recent development of the financial and banking system (after 1964), with emphasis on the location and regionalization of bank headquarters and branches, as well as the new electronic channels for the provision of banking services (ATMs, points-of-sales, mobile and Internet banking); and 3. the local scale, which shows how these new financial agents and technical systems affect the Brazilian urban population, emphasizing the indebtedness of the lower income classes, as well as the emergence of alternative ways of using finance, such as fintechs, credit cooperatives and community banks. Acknowledgements Introduction References Contents List of Tables List of Maps 1 Financialization as a Global Process 1.1 From the Keynesianism of Bretton Woods to the Neoliberalism of Washington Consensus 1.2 The Technical Basis of Financialization: The Global Reach of Information Networks 1.3 The New Territoriality of Financialization: Offshore Financial Centers 1.4 The Formation of International Financial Centers and the Relative Position of São Paulo References 2 Financialization of the Brazilian Territory 2.1 When Finance Were Just Banking: Regional Banks and Currencies 2.2 The End of Regional Banks and the Primacy of São Paulo in the Urban Network 2.3 The Core of Financialization: Capital Market, Investment Banks, and Stock Exchanges 2.4 The Banking Topology: From Presential to Informational Channels References 3 Financialization and Local Scale Dynamisms 3.1 Place and Bancarization of Lower Income Population 3.2 Credit Cooperatives: Finances Between Local Solidarity and Centralization 3.3 Community Banks: Finance to Empower Populations in Their Living Places 3.4 Local Action and Global Tools: The Fintechs References Conclusions References Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Financialization as a global process -- Chapter 2. The financialization of the Brazilian territory -- Chapter 3. The financialization and local scale dynamisms -- Conclusion