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The Informal Economy: Seasonal Work, Street Selling and Sex Work
Dominique Boels
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Description for The Informal Economy: Seasonal Work, Street Selling and Sex Work
Hardback. Num Pages: 267 pages, 13 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JKV; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
This book examines the nature and regulation of the informal economy by means of a collective case study in a highly regulated Western country. The book, situated at the intersection of criminology and sociology, investigates the relation between formal, informal and criminal work in three urban and rural labour markets (seasonal work, street trade and sex work) alongside the impact of state policies on informality. Boels uncovers the differential position authorities take regarding these labour markets, notwithstanding the presence of informality and often vulnerable position of workers in each one of them. With a distinctive focus on informal workers, and ... Read more
This book examines the nature and regulation of the informal economy by means of a collective case study in a highly regulated Western country. The book, situated at the intersection of criminology and sociology, investigates the relation between formal, informal and criminal work in three urban and rural labour markets (seasonal work, street trade and sex work) alongside the impact of state policies on informality. Boels uncovers the differential position authorities take regarding these labour markets, notwithstanding the presence of informality and often vulnerable position of workers in each one of them. With a distinctive focus on informal workers, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Condition
New
Number of Pages
267
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319431222
SKU
V9783319431222
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Ref
99-15
About Dominique Boels
Dominique Boels is a researcher at Ghent University, Belgium, specialising in the policing of social fraud. She is assistant editor of the European Journal of Policing Studies.
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