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- Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 1: Towards Understanding of Social and Cultural Complexity
- Book
- 2018
- Published by: University College London
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Alena Ledeneva invites you on a voyage of discovery, to explore society’s open secrets, unwritten rules and know-how practices. Broadly defined as ‘ways of getting things done’, these invisible yet powerful informal practices tend to escape articulation in official discourse. They include emotion-driven exchanges of gifts or favours and tributes for services, interest-driven know-how (from informal welfare to informal employment and entrepreneurship), identity-driven practices of solidarity, and power-driven forms of co-optation and control. The paradox, or not, of the invisibility of these informal practices is their ubiquity. Expertly practised by insiders but often hidden from outsiders, informal practices are, as this book shows, deeply rooted all over the world, yet underestimated in policy. Entries from the five continents presented in this volume are samples of the truly global and ever-growing collection, made possible by a remarkable collaboration of over 200 scholars across disciplines and area studies.
By mapping the grey zones, blurred boundaries, types of ambivalence and contexts of complexity, this book creates the first Global Map of Informality. The accompanying database is searchable by region, keyword or type of practice, so do explore what works, how, where and why!
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- Half-title
- p. i
- Series information
- p. ii
- Endorsements
- pp. iii-iv
- Title Page
- p. v
- Acknowledgements
- pp. xi-xiii
- How to use this book
- pp. xiv-xvi
- Table of Contents
- pp. xvii-xxiv
- List of figures
- pp. xxv-xxviii
- List of Tables
- pp. xxix-xxx
- Part I. Redistribution: The substantive ambivalence: relationships vs use of relationships
- PART II Solidarity: The normative ambivalence of double standards: ‘us’ vs ‘them’
- 4 The unlocking power of non-conformity
- pp. 336-384
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ISBN
9781911307907
Related ISBN(s)
9781911307891
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OCLC
1154897664
Launched on MUSE
2021-01-19
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
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CC-BY