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Dear all,
On behalf of the Global Informality Project Team, I am delighted to inform
you that a new publication is out, the *Global Encyclopedia of Informality
(UCL Press).*
You can download both volumes for free using these links:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-press/browse-books/global-encyclopedia-of-informality-i
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-press/browse-books/global-encyclopaedia-of-informality-ii
You can also buy the hardback, paperback or epub versions.
About the book:
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 is searchable by region, keyword or
type of practice, so do explore what works, how, where and why!
Best regards,
Giovanna Capponi
PhD candidate,
Department of Life Sciences
University of Roehampton
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