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The Informal Economy: Studies in Advanced and Less Developed Countries
Alejandro Portes (Ed.)
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Description for The Informal Economy: Studies in Advanced and Less Developed Countries
Paperback. Throughout, the authors' theoretical observations serve not only to unify material from diverse sources but to map out directions for further research. Editor(s): Portes, Alejandro; Castells, Manuel; Benton, Lauren A. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
A New York roofer requests payment in cash. A Bogota car mechanic sets up "shop" on a quiet side street. Four Mexican immigrants assemble semiconductors in a San Diego home. A Leningrad doctor sells needed medicine to a desperate patient. All are part of a growing worldwide phenomenon that is widely known but little understood. The informal or underground economy is thriving today, not only in the Third World countries where it was first reported and studied but also in Eastern Europe and the developed nations of the West. The Informal Economy is the first book to bring together studies ... Read more
A New York roofer requests payment in cash. A Bogota car mechanic sets up "shop" on a quiet side street. Four Mexican immigrants assemble semiconductors in a San Diego home. A Leningrad doctor sells needed medicine to a desperate patient. All are part of a growing worldwide phenomenon that is widely known but little understood. The informal or underground economy is thriving today, not only in the Third World countries where it was first reported and studied but also in Eastern Europe and the developed nations of the West. The Informal Economy is the first book to bring together studies ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801837364
SKU
V9780801837364
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About Alejandro Portes (Ed.)
Alejandro Portes is John Dewey Professor of Sociology and International Relations at the Johns Hopkins Unievrsity. His previous books include Latin Journey: Cuban and Mexican Immigrants in the United States; Labor, Class, and the International System; and Urban Latin America. Manuel Castells is professo of planning at the University of California at Berkeley, and author of fifteen books, including The ... Read more
Reviews for The Informal Economy: Studies in Advanced and Less Developed Countries
The Informal Economy makes it clear that the economic arrangements recorded in official statistics are not the only ones worth studying.
Nancy Foner Science [An] intensely interesting and readable set of case studies... The 'moving boundaries' of definition make is possible to include an extraordinary diversity of materials from the cocaine economy of Bolivia to the vibrant small-firm economy ... Read more
Nancy Foner Science [An] intensely interesting and readable set of case studies... The 'moving boundaries' of definition make is possible to include an extraordinary diversity of materials from the cocaine economy of Bolivia to the vibrant small-firm economy ... Read more