Managing Financial Risks: From Global to Local

Recent market turmoil, bank runs, global equities sell-off, and the 'credit crunch' have demonstrated the sophisticated and interconnected nature of financial markets today - seemingly localized problems have quickly spread, putting at risk the solvency of both local and global financial institutions. As these markets are increasingly complex, interconnected, and embedded in the daily lives of individuals, there is a pressing need to unravel and understand the complexities and prospects of this new and transformative social, political, and geographical paradigm. This book brings together a group of leading scholars from a range of disciplines to formulate a more holistic understanding of financial risk by rooting it in different environments, spatial scales, and disciplines. The result is an all-encompassing exposition of current and future financial risk management practices, possibilities, and problems. Contributors to this volume - Gary A. Dymski, Professor of Economics, University of California, Riverside, Gordon L. Clark, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford, Adam D. Dixon, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Ewald Engelen, associate professor, Amsterdam Metropolitan Institute for Development Studies, University of Amsterdam, Lisa A. Hagerman, Director, Mission Investing Campaign Resource Center, Boston College Institute for Responsible Investment, Tessa Hebb, Director, Carleton Centre for Community Innovation, Carleton University, Canada, Paul Langley, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Northumbria University, Donald MacKenzie, personal chair in sociology, University of Edinburgh, Ashby H. B. Monk, Research Fellow, University of Oxford, and Research Fellow, Center for Retirement Research, Boston College, Yuval Millo, lecturer, Department of Accounting, London School of Economics, Phillip O'Neill, Professor and Foundation Director, Urban Research Centre, University of Western Sydney, Louis W. Pauly, Canada Research Chair in Globalization and Governance and Director, Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, Samuel Randalls, lecturer in geography, University College London, Susan J. Smith, director, Institute of Advanced Study, and Professor of Geography, Durham University, Kendra Strauss, Research Associate, School of Geography, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Dariusz Wojcik, Lecturer, Oxford University Centre for the Environment.