03335nam 2200649z- 450 991077321570332120240308185035.01-78735-192-0(CKB)5680000000036154(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37655(EXLCZ)99568000000003615420202102d2018 |y eengurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Global Encyclopaedia of informality, Volume 2UCL Press2018London :UCL Press,2018.1 electronic resource (568 p.)Fringe1-78735-191-2 9781787351890 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!Social & political philosophybicsscSocial theorybicsscPolitical science & theorybicsscPolitical ideologiesbicsscPolitical structure & processesbicsscGeopoliticsbicsscPolitical control & freedomsbicsscPolitical oppression & persecutionbicsscPolitical subversionbicsscglobal informalityinformalityinformal practicesRussiaSocial & political philosophySocial theoryPolitical science & theoryPolitical ideologiesPolitical structure & processesGeopoliticsPolitical control & freedomsPolitical oppression & persecutionPolitical subversion306Ledeneva Alenaedt1460904Ledeneva AlenaothMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910773215703321The Global Encyclopaedia of informality, Volume 23661087UNINA