Philip Balsiger is Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland.Daniel Burnier Lecturer at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.Noé Kabouche is a postdoctoral researcher in Sociology at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, France.

• 1. Introduction: Labelling and Enacting Impact Investing across Contexts - Philip Balsiger, Daniel Burnier and Noé Kabouche Part 1: Translating the Impact Label into National and Transnational Contexts2. Impact Investing and Philanthropy in the Global South: Innovative Finance at the Aga Khan Development Network - Farwa Sial and Jessica Sklair3. Socio-genesis of the Impact Investing World in France - Eve Chiapello and Camille Roth4. Capitalizing on Capitalism: How Impact Investing in Geneva Emerged among the Traditional Financial Field - Noé Kabouche5. Impact Investing and the Politics of Leverage: Towards a Meso-level Perspective on Derisking - Philipp Golka6. Social Impact Investing in Italy: A Case of Weak Financialization of Welfare? - Davide Caselli7. Balancing Risks and Outcomes in Colombia’s First Social Impact Bond: Empleando Futuro - Natalia Gómez MuñozPart 2: Enacting Impact in Investment Practices8. Implementing ‘Impact’ in Rural Ghana: Negotiating Meanings and Shifting Interpretations - Claudia Campisano9. Relational Work and Power in an Emerging Market: Local Understandings of Impact Investing in Nigeria - Elena Christodoulou and Shonali Banerjee10. The Impact of Ignorance: Sustaining Impact Investing’s Fictional Expectations - Daniel Burnier11. Conclusion: Towards a Theorization of Varieties of Impact Investing - Emily Barman

‘Social scientists need to analyze problems with a critical mind. Only then can we inspire change. I recommend academics, practitioners and policymakers interested in impact investing to read this book!’ Lisa Hehenberger, ESADE Business School Barcelona

Philip Balsiger is Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland.Daniel Burnier Lecturer at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.Noé Kabouche is a postdoctoral researcher in Sociology at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, France.

• 1. Introduction: Labelling and Enacting Impact Investing across Contexts - Philip Balsiger, Daniel Burnier and Noé Kabouche Part 1: Translating the Impact Label into National and Transnational Contexts2. Impact Investing and Philanthropy in the Global South: Innovative Finance at the Aga Khan Development Network - Farwa Sial and Jessica Sklair3. Socio-genesis of the Impact Investing World in France - Eve Chiapello and Camille Roth4. Capitalizing on Capitalism: How Impact Investing in Geneva Emerged among the Traditional Financial Field - Noé Kabouche5. Impact Investing and the Politics of Leverage: Towards a Meso-level Perspective on Derisking - Philipp Golka6. Social Impact Investing in Italy: A Case of Weak Financialization of Welfare? - Davide Caselli7. Balancing Risks and Outcomes in Colombia’s First Social Impact Bond: Empleando Futuro - Natalia Gómez MuñozPart 2: Enacting Impact in Investment Practices8. Implementing ‘Impact’ in Rural Ghana: Negotiating Meanings and Shifting Interpretations - Claudia Campisano9. Relational Work and Power in an Emerging Market: Local Understandings of Impact Investing in Nigeria - Elena Christodoulou and Shonali Banerjee10. The Impact of Ignorance: Sustaining Impact Investing’s Fictional Expectations - Daniel Burnier11. Conclusion: Towards a Theorization of Varieties of Impact Investing - Emily Barman

‘Social scientists need to analyze problems with a critical mind. Only then can we inspire change. I recommend academics, practitioners and policymakers interested in impact investing to read this book!’ Lisa Hehenberger, ESADE Business School Barcelona

Philip Balsiger is Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland.Daniel Burnier Lecturer at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.Noé Kabouche is a postdoctoral researcher in Sociology at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, France.

• 1. Introduction: Labelling and Enacting Impact Investing across Contexts - Philip Balsiger, Daniel Burnier and Noé Kabouche Part 1: Translating the Impact Label into National and Transnational Contexts2. Impact Investing and Philanthropy in the Global South: Innovative Finance at the Aga Khan Development Network - Farwa Sial and Jessica Sklair3. Socio-genesis of the Impact Investing World in France - Eve Chiapello and Camille Roth4. Capitalizing on Capitalism: How Impact Investing in Geneva Emerged among the Traditional Financial Field - Noé Kabouche5. Impact Investing and the Politics of Leverage: Towards a Meso-level Perspective on Derisking - Philipp Golka6. Social Impact Investing in Italy: A Case of Weak Financialization of Welfare? - Davide Caselli7. Balancing Risks and Outcomes in Colombia’s First Social Impact Bond: Empleando Futuro - Natalia Gómez MuñozPart 2: Enacting Impact in Investment Practices8. Implementing ‘Impact’ in Rural Ghana: Negotiating Meanings and Shifting Interpretations - Claudia Campisano9. Relational Work and Power in an Emerging Market: Local Understandings of Impact Investing in Nigeria - Elena Christodoulou and Shonali Banerjee10. The Impact of Ignorance: Sustaining Impact Investing’s Fictional Expectations - Daniel Burnier11. Conclusion: Towards a Theorization of Varieties of Impact Investing - Emily Barman

‘Social scientists need to analyze problems with a critical mind. Only then can we inspire change. I recommend academics, practitioners and policymakers interested in impact investing to read this book!’ Lisa Hehenberger, ESADE Business School Barcelona