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

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

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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

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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



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