| Description |
280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Patricia Fernandez-Kelly -- 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 Peņa -- Neoliberalism, markets, and informal grassroots economies / Jose Itzigsohn -- Vanishing assets: cumulative disadvantages among the urban poor / Mercedes Gonzalez 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 -- 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 Ramirez Saiz -- "Do you think democracy is a magical thing?" From basic needs to democratization in informal politics / Jon Shefner. |
| Subject |
Informal sector (Economics) -- Latin America.
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Small business -- Latin America.
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Latin America -- Economic conditions -- 1982-
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Civil society -- Latin America.
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| Added Author |
Fernandez-Kelly, Patricia.
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Shefner, Jon, 1958-
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| ISBN |
0271027517 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0271027509 (clothbound : alk. paper) |
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9780271027500 (clothbound : alk. paper) |
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9780271027517 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 291824900 |
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YDXCP 2377348 |
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YDXCP 2377349 |
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