{"product_id":"travelling-with-the-argonauts-informal-networks-seen-without-a-vertical-lens-9781785338984","title":"Travelling with the Argonauts: Informal Networks","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tDrawing on rich ethnographic materials from longitudinal fieldwork on informal trading routes across Europe, \u003cem\u003eTravelling with the Argonauts\u003c\/em\u003e offers a new perspective in the research of the social space, reflecting on how best to investigate amorphous social phenomena, such as informal networks. Breaking with much current theory, the approach detailed here – the ‘Restricted Verticality Perspective’ – examines the horizontal dimension of social relations, and understands informality not as marginal or substandard, but as life itself, as the real experience of ordinary people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eTravelling with the Argonauts\u003cem\u003e is undoubtedly a treasure trove of information for anyone with a broader interest in informal trade and migration in Central and Eastern Europe. More specifically, this study is an excellent first-hand resource on informality: that is, social interaction unregulated ‘by official institutions and rules’ in Poland.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• JRAI (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“I find it very hard to fault this book. It is wide-ranging, while also having a consistent set of related arguments, and ethnographically exceptionally rich… An interesting and original work in many dimensions.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Robert Parkin\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Oxford\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Restricted Verticality Perspective in Researching Informal Networks: Concepts, Definitions and Theoretical Approaches to Informality\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Empirical Research on Informal Social Phenomena and the Limitations of Formal Methods\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Exiting the Emic-Etic Logic: How to Conduct Successful Fieldwork on Informal Phenomena\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Thinking Beyond Sectors: Informal Economy and Informal Networks\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Escaping Locality: Ethnography beyond Systems, Zones, Countries and Sites\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eInterfaces between the Formal and the Informal: Actors, Places and Routes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAfterword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042410725719,"sku":"9781785338984","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785338984.jpg?v=1750954065","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/travelling-with-the-argonauts-informal-networks-seen-without-a-vertical-lens-9781785338984","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}