Workers and the Global Informal Economy - Interdisciplinary perspectives (Paperback)

The global financial crisis and subsequent increase in social inequality has led in many cases to a redrawing of the boundaries between formal and informal work. This interdisciplinary volume explores the role of informal work in today’s global economy, presenting economic, legal, sociological, historical, anthropological, political and cultural perspectives on the topic. Workers and the Global Informal Economy explores varying definitions of informality in the backdrop of neo-liberal market logic, exploring how it manifests itself in different regions around the world, and its relationship with formal work. This volume demonstrates how neo-liberalism has been instrumental in accelerating informality and has resulted in the increasingly precarious position of the informal worker. Using different methodological approaches and regional focuses, this book considers key questions such as whether workers exercise choice over their work; how constrained such choices are; how social norms shape such choices; how work affects their well-being and agency; and what role culture plays in the determination of informality. This interdisciplinary collection will be of interest to policy-makers and researchers engaging with informality from different disciplinary and regional perspectives.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in Labour Economics
Release date:	September 2020
First published:	2016
Editors:	Supriya Routh • Vando Borghi
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-66842-6
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	0-367-66842-4
Barcode:	9780367668426

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