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Out of the Shadows

Political Action and the Informal Economy in Latin America

ISBN-13: 9780271027517
Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Edited by Patricia Fernandez-Kelly, Edited by Jon Shefner
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Local release date: 10/07/2008
Format: Paperback 288 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: linguistics [CF]

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Since the beginning of scholarly writing about the informal economy in the mid-1970s, the debate has evolved from addressing survival strategies of the poor to considering the implications for national development and the global economy. Simultaneously, research on informal politics has ranged from neighborhood clientelism to contentious social movements basing their claims on a variety of social identities in their quest for social justice.

Despite related empirical and theoretical concerns, these research traditions have seldom engaged in dialogue with one another. Out of the Shadows brings leading scholars of the informal economy and informal politics together to address how globalization has influenced local efforts to resolve political and economic needs—and how these seemingly separate issues are indeed deeply related.

In addition to the editors, contributors are Javier Auyero, Miguel Angel Centeno, Sylvia Chant, Robert Gay, Mercedes González de la Rocha, José Itzigsohn, Alejandro Portes, and Juan Manuel Ramírez Sáiz.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

Patricia Fernández-Kelly

1. The Informal Economy in the Shadow of the State

Miguel Angel Centeno and Alejandro Portes

2. Risk and Regulation in Informal and Illegal Markets

John C. Cross and Sergio Peña

3. Neoliberalism, Markets, and Informal Grassroots Economies

José Itzigsohn

4. Vanishing Assets: Cumulative Disadvantages Among the Urban Poor

Mercedes González de la Rocha

5. Female Household Headship, Privation and Power: Challenging the ""Feminization of Poverty"" Thesis

Sylvia Chant

6. Protest in Contemporary Argentina: A Contentious Repertoire in the Making

Javier Auyero

7. The Even More Difficult Transition from Clientelism to Citizenship: Lessons from Brazil

Robert Gay

8. Informal Politics in the Mexican Democratic Transition: The Case of the People's Urban Movement

Juan Manuel Ramírez Sáis

9. ""Do You Think Democracy Is a Magical Thing?""From Basic Needs to Democratization in Informal Politics

Jon Shefner

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“Out of the Shadows should be a central reference for those interested in the grassroots reality of neoliberalism and democracy, and its chapter by Centeno and Portes should be read by anyone interested in Latin American economies.”

—Tina Hilgers, Latin American Research Review

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