Out of the shadows
Subtitle: political action and informal economy in Latin America
By: edited by Patricia Fernández-Kelly and Jon Shefner.
Contributors: Fernández-Kelly, Patricia.; Shefner, Jon, 1958-
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: Informal sector (Economics) -- Latin America; Small business -- Latin America; Civil society -- Latin America; Latin America -- Economic conditions -- 1982-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Patricia Fernndez-Kelly; title: The informal economy in the shadow of the state / Miguel Angel Centeno and Alejandro Portes; title: Risk and regulation in informal and illegal markets / John C. Cross and Sergio Pea; title: Neoliberalism, markets, and informal grassroots economies / Jos Itzigsohn; title: Vanishing assets: cumulative disadvantages among the urban poor / Mercedes Gonzlez de la Rocha; title: Female household headship, privation and power: challenging the "feminization of poverty" thesis / Sylvia Chant; title: Protest in contemporary Argentina: a contentious repertoire in the making / Javier Auyero; title: The even more difficult transition from clientelism to citizenship: lessons from Brazil / Robert Gay; title: Informal politics in the Mexican democratic transition: the case of the people's urban movement / Juan Manuel Ramrez Sis; title: "Do you think democracy is a magical thing?" From basic needs to democratization in informal politics / Jon Shefner.