LEADER 03232 am 22005773u 450 001 9910252738203321 005 20230721155254.0 024 7 $a10.14324/111.9781787351899 035 $a(CKB)4100000001653863 035 $a(OAPEN)642590 035 $a(NjHacI)994100000001653863 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000001653863 100 $a20190111d|||| uy 101 0 $aeng 135 $auuuuu---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGlobal Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 2: Understanding Social and Cultural Complexity 210 $cUCL Press$d2018 215 $a1 online resource (568) 311 $a1-78735-190-4 311 $a1-78735-189-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aAlena 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! 606 $aSocial & political philosophy$2bicssc 606 $aSocial theory$2bicssc 606 $aPolitical science & theory$2bicssc 606 $aPolitical ideologies$2bicssc 606 $aPolitical structure & processes$2bicssc 606 $aGeopolitics$2bicssc 606 $aPolitical control & freedoms$2bicssc 606 $aPolitical oppression & persecution$2bicssc 606 $aPolitical subversion$2bicssc 615 7$aSocial & political philosophy 615 7$aSocial theory 615 7$aPolitical science & theory 615 7$aPolitical ideologies 615 7$aPolitical structure & processes 615 7$aGeopolitics 615 7$aPolitical control & freedoms 615 7$aPolitical oppression & persecution 615 7$aPolitical subversion 676 $a306 702 $aLedeneva$b Alena V.$f1964- 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910252738203321 996 $aGlobal Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 2: Understanding Social and Cultural Complexity$91975387 997 $aUNINA