{"product_id":"out-of-the-shadows-political-action-and-the-informal-economy-in-latin-america-9780271027517","title":"Out of the Shadows Political Action and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBringing together leading scholars of the informal economy and informal politics, this book addresses how globalization has influenced local efforts to resolve political and economic needs - and how these seemingly separate issues are indeed deeply related.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With few exceptions, scholars from Left to Right have presented simplistic accounts of the political ramifications of economic informality in the underdeveloped world. Such depictions have been curiously out of sync with the salutary influence of the ‘bringing the state back in’ scholarship of the last couple of decades or so. This volume makes a crucial contribution to the scholarly and policy literatures by emphasizing the embeddedness of informal economies in state-society arrangements that cut across local, national, and transnational terrains of the Latin American and global political economies. The volume represents essential reading for scholars, policy specialists, students, and others who seek to make sense of the politico-social consequences of deepening inequality and poverty in the contemporary world.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Richard Tardanico,Florida International University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“On the whole, the contributions to \u003ci\u003eOut of the Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e are persuasively argued and provide excellent empirical material on grassroots informal activities across Latin America.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Tina Hilgers \u003ci\u003eLatin American Research Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eOut of the Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e should be a central reference for those interested in the grassroots reality of neoliberalism and democracy, and its chapter by Centeno and Portes should be read by anyone interested in Latin American economies.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Tina Hilgers \u003ci\u003eLatin American Research Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatricia Fernández-Kelly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The Informal Economy in the Shadow of the State\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiguel Angel Centeno and Alejandro Portes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Risk and Regulation in Informal and Illegal Markets\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn C. Cross and Sergio Peña\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Neoliberalism, Markets, and Informal Grassroots Economies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJosé Itzigsohn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Vanishing Assets: Cumulative Disadvantages Among the Urban Poor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMercedes González de la Rocha\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Female Household Headship, Privation and Power: Challenging the “Feminization of Poverty” Thesis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSylvia Chant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Protest in Contemporary Argentina: A Contentious Repertoire in the Making\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJavier Auyero\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. The Even More Difficult Transition from Clientelism to Citizenship: Lessons from Brazil\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Gay\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Informal Politics in the Mexican Democratic Transition: The Case of the People’s Urban Movement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuan Manuel Ramírez Sáis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. “Do You Think Democracy Is a Magical Thing?”—From Basic Needs to Democratization in Informal Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJon Shefner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penn State University","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51455973785943,"sku":"9780271027517","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271027517.jpg?v=1755033271","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/out-of-the-shadows-political-action-and-the-informal-economy-in-latin-america-9780271027517","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}