Contrapunto : the informal sector debate in Latin America /
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| Imprint: | Albany : State University of New York Press, c1994. |
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| Description: | x, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | SUNY series in power and political economy |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1625060 |
| Summary: | The informal sector denotes the small-scale, unprotected, and loosely regulated activities and self-employment that proliferate in developing countries. This book is about the people who engage in informal activities and the people who study, interpret, intervene in, promote, or attempt to repress or regulate the sector. The authors bring together and evaluate for the first time competing theories, policies, and research findings on the informal sector, dealing with issues of power, ideology, and politics; basic research, applied research, program evaluation, and policymaking; exploitation, entrepreneurship, and opportunity; and poverty and the accumulation of wealth. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-319) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0791419053 0791419061 |