Archive for February 2018

[Previous message][Next message][Back to index]

[ecrea] New Open Access Books: The Encyclopaedia of Informality (Volumes 1 & 2)

Wed Feb 07 16:30:39 GMT 2018




UCL Press is delighted to announce the publication of a brand new open access book that may be of interest to readers of this list: The Encyclopaedia of Informality (Volumes 1 & 2), edited by Alena Ledeneva.
Download volume 1 free: https://goo.gl/Cha4FE
Download volume 2 free: https://goo.gl/jYwm9H

-----------------------------------------------------------
The Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volumes 1 and 2

Edited by Alena Ledeneva

Download volume 1 free: https://goo.gl/Cha4FE
Download volume 2 free: https://goo.gl/jYwm9H

-----------------------------------------------------------

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 include emotion-driven exchanges of gifts or favours and tributes for services, interest-driven know-how (from informal welfare to informal employment and entrepreneurship), identity-driven practices of solidarity, and power-driven forms of co-optation and control. The paradox, or not, of the invisibility of these informal practices is their ubiquity. Expertly practised by insiders but often hidden from outsiders, informal practices are, as this book shows, deeply rooted all over the world, yet underestimated in policy. Entries from the five continents presented in this volume are samples of the truly global and ever-growing collection, made possible by a remarkable collaboration of over 200 scholars across disciplines and area studies.

By mapping the grey zones, blurred boundaries, types of ambivalence and contexts of complexity, this book creates the first Global Map of Informality. The accompanying database (www.in-formality.com) is searchable by region, keyword or type of practice, so do explore what works, how, where and why!

Download volume 1 free: https://goo.gl/Cha4FE
Download volume 2 free: https://goo.gl/jYwm9H



---------------
The COMMLIST
---------------
This mailing list is a free service offered by Nico Carpentier. Please
use it responsibly and wisely.
--
To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit http://commlist.org/
--
Before sending a posting request, please always read the guidelines at
http://commlist.org/
--
To contact the mailing list manager:
Email: (nico.carpentier /at/ vub.ac.be)
URL: http://nicocarpentier.net
---------------


[Previous message][Next message][Back to index]