TY - BOOK AU - Fernandez-Kelly,Patricia AU - Shefner,Jon TI - Out of the shadows: political action and the informal economy in Latin America SN - 0271027509 (clothbound : alk. paper) AV - HD 2346.L38 O88.2006 PY - 2006/// CY - University Park, Pa. PB - Pennsylvania State University KW - Informal sector (Economics) KW - Latin America KW - Sector informal (Economía) KW - América Latina KW - Small business KW - Negocios en pequeño KW - Sociedad civil KW - Economic conditions KW - 1982- KW - América Latina - KW - Condiciones económicas N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice; 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 ER -