The global encyclopedia of informality Volume 2, Understanding of social and cultural complexity Volume 2, Understanding of social and cultural complexity /

Alena Ledeneva invites you on a voyage of discovery to explore society's open secrets, unwritten rules and know-how practices. Broadly defined as 'ways of getting things done', these invisible yet powerful informal practices tend to escape articulation in official discourse. They incl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Bailey, Anna, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : UCL Press 2018.
Colección:Fringe (UCL Press)
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Half Title
  • Series Information
  • Endorsement
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • How to use this book
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Volume 2
  • Part III Market: The functional ambivalence of informal strategies: supportive or subversive?
  • Preface
  • 5 The system made me do it: strategies of survival
  • Introduction: the puzzles of informal economy
  • Informal dwelling
  • 5.1 Squatting
  • 5.2 Schwarzwohnen (GDR)
  • 5.3 Kraken (The Netherlands)
  • 5.4 Allegados (Chile)
  • 5.5 Favela (Brazil)
  • 5.6 Campamento (Chile)
  • 5.7 Mukhayyam (occupied Palestinian territories and neighbouring Arab countries)
  • 5.8 Dacha (Russia)
  • Informal welfare
  • 5.9 Pabircˇiti (or pabirčenje) (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • 5.10 Skipping (general)
  • 5.11 Caffè sospeso (Italy)
  • 5.12 Gap (Uzbekistan)
  • 5.13 Pomochi (Russia)
  • 5.14 Nachbarschaftschilfe (Germany and German-speaking countries)
  • 5.15 Sosyudad (Philippines)
  • 5.16 Vay mu'o.'n (Vietnam)
  • 5.17 Loteria/Lloteria (Albania)
  • 5.18 Esusu (Nigeria)
  • 5.19 Mahalla (Uzbekistan)
  • 5.20 Tandas and cundinas (Mexico and south-western USA)
  • 5.21 Salam credit (Afghanistan)
  • 5.22 Obshchak (Russia)Informal entrepreneurship
  • 5.23 Zarobitchanstvo (Ukraine)
  • 5.24 Rad na crno (Serbia)
  • 5.25 Small-scale smuggling (general)
  • 5.26 Chelnoki (Russia and FSU)
  • 5.27 Spaza shops (South Africa)
  • 5.28 Shebeens (South Africa)
  • 5.29 Samogonovarenie (Russia)
  • 5.30 Buôn có ba· n, bán có phu'ò'ng (Vietnam)
  • 5.31 Cho. ' cóc (Socialist Republic of Vietnam)
  • 5.32 Rod-re (Thailand)
  • 5.33 Boda-boda taxis (Uganda)
  • 5.34 Stoyanshiki (Georgia)
  • 5.35 Baraholka (Kazakhstan)
  • 5.36 Budženje (Serbia)
  • 5.37 Jugaad (India)
  • 5.38 Jangmadang (North Korea)
  • 5.39 Informal mining (general)
  • 5.40 Hawala (Middle East, India and Pakistan)
  • 5.41 Bitcoin (general)
  • Conclusion: how do tools of evasion become instruments of exploitation?
  • Bibliography to Chapter 5
  • 6 Gaming the system: strategies of camouflage
  • Introduction: gaming the system
  • Complexity
  • Family resemblances
  • Formal rules and informal norms
  • Post-communist transformation
  • Free-riding (staying under or over the radar)
  • 6.1 Cash in hand (general)
  • 6.2 Blat (Romania)
  • 6.3 Švercovanje (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro)
  • 6.4 Deryban (Ukraine, Russia)
  • 6.5 Fimi Media (Croatia)
  • 6.6 Tangentopoli (Italy) 6.7 Brokerage (general)
  • 6.8 Wa-st·a (Middle East, North Africa)
  • 6.9 Dalali (India)
  • 6.10 Torpil (Turkey)
  • 6.11 Gestión (Mexico)
  • 6.12 Pulling strings (UK/USA)
  • 6.13 Kombinacja (alt. kombinacya, kombinowanie, kombinować) (Poland)
  • 6.14 S vrutka (Bulgaria)
  • 6.15 Raccomandazione (Italy)
  • 6.16 Insider trading (USA/general)
  • 6.17 Externe Personen (Germany)
  • 6.18 Pantouflage (France)
  • 6.19 Stróman (Hungary)
  • 6.20 Bena- mi (India)
  • 6.21 No entry (India)
  • 6.22 Repetitorstvo (Russia and FSU)
  • 6.23 Krysha (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus).