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Portes, Alejandro, Manuel Castells, and Lauren A. Benton (eds.). The Informal Economy: Studies in Advanced
and Less Developed Countries. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989.
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Table of contents
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| Acknowledgments | vii |
| Introduction | 1 |
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| Part 1. Overview |
1. World Underneath: The Origins, Dynamics, and Effects of the Informal Economy
(Manuel Castells and Alejandro Portes) | 11 |
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| Part 2. Urban Labor Markets |
2. Employment Structure, Life Cycle, and Life Chances: Formal and Informal
Sectors in Guadalajara
(Bryan R. Roberts) | 41 |
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3. New York City's Informal Economy
(Saskia Sassen-Koob) | 60 |
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4. Informal Sector versus Informalized Labor Relations in Uruguay
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Carlos Fortuna and Suzana Prates) | 78 |
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5. The Articulation of Formal and Informal Sectors in the Economy of Bogota,
Columbia
(Monica Lanzetta de Pardo and Gabriel Murillo Castano, with Alvaro
Triana Soto) | 95 |
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6. Miami's Two Informal Sectors
(Alex Stepick) | 111 |
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| Part 3. Black Money, Black Markets |
7. Cocaine, Informality, and the Urban Economy in La Paz, Bolivia
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Blanes Jimenez) | 135 |
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8. Informal Personal Incomes and Outlays of the Soviet Urban Population
(Gregory Grossman) | 150 |
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| Part 4. Industrial Restructuring and the Informal Sector |
9. Subcontracting and Employment Dynamics in Mexico City
(Lourdes Beneria) | 173 |
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10. The Informal Economy and the Development of Flexible Specialization in
Emilia-Romagna
(Vittorio Capecchi) | 189 |
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11. Informalization in the Valencian Economy: A Model for Underdevelopment
(Josep-Antoni Ybarra) | 216 |
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12. Industrial Subcontracting and the Informal Sector: The Politics of Restructuring
in the Madrid Electronics Industry
(Lauren A. Benton) | 228 |
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| Part 5. The Informal Sector and the State |
13. Informalization at the Core: Hispanic Women, Homework, and the Advanced
Capitalist State
(M. Patricia Fernandez-Kelly and Anna M. Garcia) | 247 |
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14. Industrial Development, Ethnic Cleavages, and Employment Patterns: Penang
State, Malaysia
(T. G. McGee, Kamal Salih, Mei Ling Young, and
Chan Lean Heng) | 265 |
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15. The "British Experiment": Structural Adjustment or Accelerated Decline?
(Guy Standing) | 279 |
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Conclusion: The Policy Implications of Informality
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Manuel Castells, and Lauren A. Benton) | 298 |
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| List of Contributors | 312 |
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| Index | 313 |
