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The informal economy in global perspective : varieties of governance /

This book critically engages with how formal and informal mechanisms of governance are used across the world. Specifically, it analyzes how the governance mechanisms of formal institutions are questioned, challenged and renegotiated through informal institutions. Whilst there is an emerging body of...

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Group Author: Polese, Abel; Williams, Colin C; Horodnic, Ioana A; Bejakovic, Predrag
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: International Political Economy Series
Subjects:
Political science
Political Economy
Development Economics
Economic policy
Economic development
Social change
Political Science and International Relations
Development Policy
Development and Social Change
Regional development
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40931-3
Summary: This book critically engages with how formal and informal mechanisms of governance are used across the world. Specifically, it analyzes how the governance mechanisms of formal institutions are questioned, challenged and renegotiated through informal institutions. Whilst there is an emerging body of scholarship focusing on informal practices, this is scattered across a number of disciplines. This edited collection, by contrast, fosters a dialogue on these issues, moving away from monodisciplinary and normative methodologies that view informal institutions and practices simply as temporary eco
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(xxvi,324pages): illustrations.
ISBN: 9783319409313
Index Number: JA77
CLC: F20
Contents: Introduction: Informal Economies as Varieties of Governance; Abel Polese, Colin C. Williams, Ioana A. Horodnic and Predrag Bejakovic -- Chapter 1. Why read informality in a substantive manner? On the embeddedness of the Soviet second economy; Lela Rekhviashvili -- Chapter 2. Informal Economy: the invisible hand of government; Abbas Khandan -- Chapter 3. Estimating the size of Croation shadow economy: a labour approach; Sabina Hodzic -- Chapter 4. Informal employment and earnings determination in Ukraine; Oksana Nezhyvenko and Philippe Adai -- Chapter 5. Approaching informality : rear-mirror

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