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Out of the shadows : political action and the informal economy in Latin America
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Out of the shadows : political action and the informal economy in Latin America

Author: Patricia Fernández-Kelly; Jon Shefner
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2006.
Edition/Format: Book : Biography : State or province government publication : English
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Material Type: Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Patricia Fernández-Kelly; Jon Shefner
ISBN: 0271027509 9780271027500 0271027517 9780271027517
OCLC Number: 62732659
Description: 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction / Patricia Fernández-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 Peña -- Neoliberalism, markets, and informal grassroots economies / José Itzigsohn -- Vanishing assets: cumulative disadvantages among the urban poor / Mercedes González 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 Ramírez Sáiz -- "Do you think democracy is a magical thing?" From basic needs to democratization in informal politics / Jon Shefner.
Responsibility: edited by Patricia Fernández-Kelly and Jon Shefner.
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