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 Gonzalez
de la Rocha, Jose Itzigsohn, Alejandro Portes, and Juan Manuel
Ramirez Saiz.
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