妈妈,这是你的石头

S. Bonsu
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Susu是一种古老的合作社制度,在加纳调动各种资源,尽管它主要用于金融服务。苏苏制度指的是人们有意识地集体组织起来,聚集在一起筹集资金。作者记得他自己的祖先,他们几代人都属于苏苏斯,这是当地生活中根深蒂固的传统。尽管极端形式的资本主义努力通过结构调整来推动个性化银行业务,但加纳人民通过参与这些被称为Susus的银行合作社来对抗新自由主义政策。作者进行了实证工作,并采访了Legon West Susu Association (LEWSA)的成员,以及Tema、Cape Coast和阿克拉Makola市场的交易员,以进一步了解Susu银行的社会维度。研究结果表明,通过为传统的合作系统腾出空间,Susu系统正在巧妙地改变传统的银行业。加纳的苏苏是在后资本主义世界中建立在互惠、信任和社区纽带基础上的苏苏,其运作超越了当代新自由主义资本主义秩序。
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Mother, Here Is Your Stone
Susu is an ancient cooperative system of mobilizing all kinds of resources in Ghana, even though it is primarily used for financial services. The Susu system refers to the deliberate act of people to collectively organize and to come together to pool money. The author remembers his own ancestors, who have for generations belonged to Susus, and it is a tradition embedded into local life. Despite the efforts of extreme forms of capitalism to push for individualized banking through structural adjustments, the Ghanaian people counter neoliberal policies by engaging in these banking coops called Susus. The author has carried out empirical work and interviewed members of the Legon West Susu Association (LEWSA), as well as traders in Tema, Cape Coast, and Accra’s Makola market, to further understand the social dimension of the Susu banks. The findings reveal that the Susu system is subtly working to transform the conventional banking sector by making space for traditional cooperative systems. The Susu in Ghana is one that is built on reciprocity, trust, and community bonding in a post-capitalist world that is operating beyond the contemporary neoliberal capitalist order.
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