The Informal Economy in Global Perspective : Varieties of Governance

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The Informal Economy in Global Perspective : Varieties of Governance

Title remainder

Varieties of Governance

Statement of responsibility

edited by Abel Polese, Colin C. Williams, Ioana A. Horodnic, Predrag Bejakovic

Contributor

• Horodnic, Ioana A
• Williams, Colin C
• Bejakovic, Predrag
• Polese, Abel

Editor

• Horodnic, Ioana A
• Bejakovic, Predrag
• Williams, Colin C
• Polese, Abel

Subject

• Economic development
• Development economics
• Economic policy
• Political economy
• Political science
• Social change

Language

eng

Summary

This book critically engages with how formal and informal mechanisms of governance are used across the world. Specifically, it analyzes how the governance mechanisms of formal institutions are questioned, challenged and renegotiated through informal institutions. Whilst there is an emerging body of scholarship focusing on informal practices, this is scattered across a number of disciplines. This edited collection, by contrast, fosters a dialogue on these issues, moving away from monodisciplinary and normative methodologies that view informal institutions and practices simply as temporary economic phenomena. In doing so, the authors provide a wider understanding of how governance is composed of both the formal and the informal, which complement each other but are also constantly in competition. This novel approach will appeal to social scientists, economists, policy-makers, practitioners, and anyone else willing to widen their understanding of how governance works.--

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• Springer eBooks, Political Science and International Studies Collection
• International Political Economy Series

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non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

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• Springer eBooks
• International Political Economy Series