Out of the Shadows. Political Action and the Informal Economy in Latin America / Ed. by P. Fernández-Kelly, J. Shefner. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006.

Table of contents Abstract Reviews Excerpt

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Patricia Fernández-Kelly

1 The Informal Economy in the Shadow of the State
Miguel Angel Centeno and Alejandro Portes

2 Risk and Regulation in Informal and Illegal Markets
John C. Cross and Sergio Peña

3 Neoliberalism, Markets, and Informal Grassroots Economies
José Itzigsohn

4 Vanishing Assets: Cumulative Disadvantages Among the Urban Poor
Mercedes González de la Rocha

5 Female Household Headship, Privation and Power: Challenging the “Feminization of Poverty” Thesis
Sylvia Chant

6 Protest in Contemporary Argentina: A Contentious Repertoire in the Making
Javier Auyero

7 The Even More Difficult Transition from Clientelism to Citizenship: Lessons from Brazil
Robert Gay

8 Informal Politics in the Mexican Democratic Transition: The Case of the People’s Urban Movement
Juan Manuel Ramírez Sáis

9 “Do You Think Democracy Is a Magical Thing?”—From Basic Needs to Democratization in Informal Politics
Jon Shefner

References
Index