Out of the shadows : political action and informal economy in Latin America
Bringing together leading scholars of the informal economy and informal politics, this book addresses how globalization has influenced local efforts to resolve political and economic needs - and how these seemingly separate issues are indeed deeply related.
Print Book, English, 2006
Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pa., 2006
280 pages
9780271027500, 9780271027517, 0271027509, 0271027517
1013321973
Introduction / Patricia Fernndez-Kelly
The informal economy in the shadow of the state / Miguel Angel Centeno and Alejandro Portes
Risk and regulation in informal and illegal markets / John C. Cross and Sergio Pea
Neoliberalism, markets, and informal grassroots economies / Jos Itzigsohn
Vanishing assets: cumulative disadvantages among the urban poor / Mercedes Gonzlez de la Rocha
Female household headship, privation and power: challenging the "feminization of poverty" thesis / Sylvia Chant
Protest in contemporary Argentina: a contentious repertoire in the making / Javier Auyero
The even more difficult transition from clientelism to citizenship: lessons from Brazil / Robert Gay
Informal politics in the Mexican democratic transition: the case of the people's urban movement / Juan Manuel Ramrez Sis
"Do you think democracy is a magical thing?" From basic needs to democratization in informal politics / Jon Shefner