Informal Work in Developed Nations (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Marcelli, Enrico; Joassart, Pascale; Williams, Colin C.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The authors of this volume take the orthodox view of 'informal work' and dismantle it piece by piece, presenting an analysis of the extent to which this phenomenon plays a significant role in developing countries across the world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135219956
• Artikelnr.: 38267396

Autorenporträt

Enrico Marcelli is Associate Professor of Sociology at San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA. Colin C. Williams is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. Pascale Joassart is Associate Professor of Geography at San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction to an Institutional Economic Approach to informal Work in
Developed Nations Enrico A. Marcelli, Colin C. Williams and Pascale M.
Joassart Part I: Historical and Methodological Foundations 2. The Changing
Conceptualization of Informal Work in Developed Economies Colin C. Williams
3. Measuring Informal Work in Developed Nations Pascale M. Joassart Part
II: Informal Work in Europe 4. Informal Work in the Diverse Economies of
'Post-Socialist' Europe Adrian Smith 5. Informal Employment in the
Work-Welfare Arrangement of Germany Birgit Pfau-Effinger and Slaydana
Sacac-Magdalenic 6. Gender and Informal Work Jan Windebank and Colin C.
Williams 7. Geographical Variations in Informal Work in Contemporary
England Colin C. Williams 8. The Fallacy of the Formal and Informal Divide:
Lessons from a Post-Fordist Regional Economy Simone Ghezzi Part III:
Informal Work in North America 9. Day Laborers in New York's Informal
Economy Edwin Melendez, Nik Theodore and Abel Valenzuela, Jr. 10. Effects
of Wage and Hour Law Enforcement on Informal Work Jordon Rickles and Paul
M. Ong 11. Informal Work among Mexican Immigrants in Metropolitan Los
Angeles Enrico A. Marcelli 12. Informal Work in Rural America: Theory and
Evidence Tim Slack and Leif Jensen 13. Informal Work in Canada Bernard
Fortin and Guy Lacroix 14. Conclusion Colin C. Williams and Enrico A.
Marcelli