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Out of the shadows : political action and the informal economy in Latin America / edited by Patricia Fernández-Kelly and Jon Shefner.

Colaborador(es): Tipo de material: TextoTextoDetalles de publicación: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University, 2006.Descripción: 280 p. : il. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0271027509 (clothbound : alk. paper)
  • 9780271027500 (clothbound : alk. paper)
  • 0271027517 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780271027517 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Tema(s): Clasificación LoC:
  • HD 2346.L38 O88.2006
Contenidos:
Introduction / Patricia Fernandez-Kelly -- The informal economy in the shadow of the state / Miguel Angel Centeno and Alejandro Portes -- Risk and regulation in informal and illegal markets / John C. Cross and Sergio Pena -- Neoliberalism, markets, and informal grassroots economies / Jose Itzigsohn -- Vanishing assets: cumulative disadvantages among the urban poor / Mercedes Gonzalez de la Rocha -- Female household headship, privation and power: challenging the "feminization of poverty" thesis / Sylvia Chant -- Protest in contemporary Argentina: a contentious repertoire in the making / Javier Auyero -- The even more difficult transition from clientelism to citizenship: lessons from Brazil / Robert Gay -- Informal politics in the Mexican democratic transition: the case of the people's urban movement / Juan Manuel Ramirez Saiz -- "Do you think democracy is a magical thing?" From basic needs to democratization in informal politics / Jon Shefner.
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Introduction / Patricia Fernandez-Kelly -- The informal economy in the shadow of the state / Miguel Angel Centeno and Alejandro Portes -- Risk and regulation in informal and illegal markets / John C. Cross and Sergio Pena -- Neoliberalism, markets, and informal grassroots economies / Jose Itzigsohn -- Vanishing assets: cumulative disadvantages among the urban poor / Mercedes Gonzalez de la Rocha -- Female household headship, privation and power: challenging the "feminization of poverty" thesis / Sylvia Chant -- Protest in contemporary Argentina: a contentious repertoire in the making / Javier Auyero -- The even more difficult transition from clientelism to citizenship: lessons from Brazil / Robert Gay -- Informal politics in the Mexican democratic transition: the case of the people's urban movement / Juan Manuel Ramirez Saiz -- "Do you think democracy is a magical thing?" From basic needs to democratization in informal politics / Jon Shefner.