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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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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Publisher Address: | Cham : |
Publication Dates: | 2017. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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International Political Economy Series
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40931-3 |
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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 |