LEADER 04050nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910785933503321 005 20230801225136.0 010 $a0-292-73929-X 024 7 $a10.7560/739277 035 $a(CKB)2670000000273626 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000756023 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11494931 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000756023 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10749687 035 $a(PQKB)11765344 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443617 035 $a(OCoLC)830023255 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17584 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443617 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10608357 035 $a(OCoLC)814246328 035 $a(DE-B1597)587499 035 $a(OCoLC)1280943116 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292739291 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000273626 100 $a20111201d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe informal and underground economy of the South Texas border$b[electronic resource] /$fby Chad Richardson and Michael J. Pisani 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$dc2012 215 $axv, 335 p 225 0 $aJack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-73927-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCulture, structure and the South Texas/Northern Mexico border economy -- Underground economic activities -- Informal economic activities -- Informality and undocumented workers -- Informal cross-border trade -- Border colonias: informality in housing -- The informal health care economy -- Family and welfare informality. 330 $aBorderlands commerce that evades government scrutiny can be categorized into informal economies (the unreported exchange of legal goods and services) or underground economies (criminal economic activities that, obviously, occur without government oversight). Examining long-term study, observation, and participation in the border region, with the assistance of hundreds of locally embedded informants, The Informal and Underground Economy of the South Texas Border presents unique insights into the causes and ramifications of these economic channels. The third volume in UT-Pan American's Borderlife Project, this eye-opening investigation draws on vivid ethnographic interviews, bolstered by decades of supplemental data, to reveal a culture where divided loyalties, paired with a lack of access to protection under the law and other forms of state-sponsored recourse, have given rise to social spectra that often defy stereotypes. A cornerstone of the authors' findings is that these economic activities increase when citizens perceive the state's intervention as illegitimate, whether in the form of fees, taxes, or regulation. From living conditions in the impoverished colonias to President Felipe Calderón's futile attempts to eradicate police corruption in Mexico, this book is a riveting portrait of benefit versus risk in the wake of a "no-man's-land" legacy. 606 $aInformal sector (Economics)$zTexas 606 $aInformal sector (Economics)$zMexican-American Border Region 606 $aLabor$zTexas 606 $aLabor$zMexican-American Border Region 606 $aCrime$zTexas 606 $aCrime$zMexican-American Border Region 607 $aTexas$xEconomic conditions 607 $aMexican-American Border Region$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aInformal sector (Economics) 615 0$aInformal sector (Economics) 615 0$aLabor 615 0$aLabor 615 0$aCrime 615 0$aCrime 676 $a330 700 $aRichardson$b Chad$f1943-$01494565 701 $aPisani$b Michael J.$f1962-$0973270 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785933503321 996 $aThe informal and underground economy of the South Texas border$93718140 997 $aUNINA