Financial oikonomization: the financial government and administration of the household
Résumé
This article introduces a new social scientific understanding of the relationship between
households and finance. We call it financial oikonomization. Financial oikonomization
signals a specific research problem and a distinctive analytical approach
to this problem. The problem is how households are financially administered and
governed. The approach is pragmatist and descriptive. It is oriented to the how, to
the study of the problems and practices of those directly involved with administrating
and governing households’ financial flows. On the basis of an extensive review
of recent research, we distinguish seven operations of financial oikonomization,
seven distinct problems—with their own practices, sites and techniques, but all oriented
to the financial administration and government of households. We call these
operations: budgeting, juggling, evaluating, attaching, educating, publicizing and
infrastructuring.
Domaines
Sociologie
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