Out of the Shadows Political Action And the Informal Economy in Latin America

Since the beginning of scholarly writing about the informal economy in the mid-1970s, the debate has evolved from addressing survival strategies of the poor to considering the implications for national development and the global economy. Simultaneously, research on informal politics has ranged from neighborhood clientelism to contentious social movements basing their claims on a variety of social identities in their quest for social justice. Despite related empirical and theoretical concerns, these research traditions have seldom engaged in dialogue with one another.Shefner, Jon is the author of 'Out of the Shadows Political Action And the Informal Economy in Latin America', published 2006 under ISBN 9780271027517 and ISBN 0271027517.