Informality
Informality

Author: Barbara Misztal

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-11

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1134730276

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For most of the twentieth century, modernity has been characterised by the formalisation of social relations as face to face interactions are replaced by impersonal bureaucracy and finance. As we enter the new millennium, however, it becomes increasingly clear that it is only by stepping outside these formal structures that trust and co-operation can be created and social change achieved. In a brilliant theoretical tour de force, illustrated with sustained case studies of changing societies in the former eastern Europe and of changing forms of interaction within so-called virtual communities, Barbara Misztal, argues that only the society that achieves an appropriate balance between the informality and formality of interaction will find itself in a position to move forward to further democratisation and an improved quality of life.

Sociologies of Formality and Informality
Sociologies of Formality and Informality

Author: Adriana Mica

Publisher: Studies in Social Sciences, Philosophy and History of Ideas

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783631653289

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The way sociology frames the relation between formality and informality has changed. The book proposes a typology: the sociology of informally embedded formality, the sociology of formally embedded informality, the sociology of the interaction between formality/informality and the sociology of the emergence and transformation of formality/informality.

Informality in Eastern Europe
Informality in Eastern Europe

Author: Christian Giordano

Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 490

ISBN-13: 9783034314558

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This volume explores informal structures and practices in Eastern Europe and whether these are different from informality which can be observed in Western Europe. The authors discuss the scientific relevance of the distinction informal/formal across different disciplines.

Linking the Formal and Informal Economy
Linking the Formal and Informal Economy

Author: Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2006-09-21

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0199204764

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A collection of studies on formality and informality in developing countries, this volume contains contributions from anthropologists, economists, sociologists, and political scientists. It argues for moving beyond the formal-informal dichotomy, and offers information to develop guiding principles for intervention.

When Informal Institutions Change
When Informal Institutions Change

Author: Huseyn Aliyev

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2017-08-09

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0472123106

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Huseyn Aliyev examines how, when, and under which conditions democratic institutional reforms affect informal institutions in hybrid regimes, or countries transitioning to democracy. He analyzes the impact of institutional changes on the use of informal practices and what happens when democratic reforms succeed. Does informality disappear, or do elites and populations continue relying on informal structures? When Informal Institutions Change engages with a growing body of literature on informal practices and institutions in political science, economics, sociology, and beyond. Aliyev proposes expanding the analysis of the impact of institutional reforms on informal institutions beyond disciplinary boundaries, and combines theoretical insights from comparative politics with economic and social theories on informal relations. In addition, Aliyev offers insights that are relevant to democratization, institutionalism, and human geography. Detailed case studies of three transitional post-Soviet regimes—Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine—illustrate the contentious relationship between democratic institutional reforms and informality in the broader post-Soviet context. Aliyev shows that in order for institutional reform to succeed in strengthening, democratizing, and formalizing institutions, it is important to approach informal practices and institutions as instrumental for its effectiveness. These findings have implications not only for hybrid regimes, but also for other post-Soviet or post-communist countries.

Sociologies of Formality and Informality
Sociologies of Formality and Informality

Author: Adriana Mica

Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783653045215

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The way sociology frames the relation between formality and informality has changed. The book proposes a typology: the sociology of informally embedded formality, the sociology of formally embedded informality, the sociology of the interaction between formality/informality and the sociology of the emergence and transformation of formality/informality.

The Oxford Handbook of Sociology, Social Theory, and Organization Studies
The Oxford Handbook of Sociology, Social Theory, and Organization Studies

Author: Paul S. Adler

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2014-10-16

Total Pages: 816

ISBN-13: 0191058068

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Sociology and social theory has always been a major source of new perspectives for organization studies. Access to a series of authoritative accounts of theorists and research themes in sociology and social theory which have influenced developments in organization studies is essential for those wishing to deepen and extend their knowledge of the intersection of sociology and organization studies. This goal is achieved by drawing on a group of internationally renowned scholars committed in their own work to strengthening these links and asking them to provide critical accounts of particular theorists and research themes which have straddled this divide. This volume aims to strengthen ties between organization studies and contemporary sociological work at a time when there are increasing institutional barriers to such cooperation, potentially generating a myopia that constricts new developments. Used in conjunction with its companion volume, The Oxford Handbook of Sociology and Organization Studies: Classical foundations, the reader is provided with a comprehensive account of the productive and critical interaction between sociology and organization studies over many decades. Highly international in scope, theorists and themes are drawn from both the USA and Europe in equal measure. Similarly the authors of the chapters are drawn from both sides of the Atlantic. The result is a series of chapters on individuals and key research themes and debates which will provide faculty and post graduate researchers with appreciative, authoritative and critical accounts that can be drawn on to design courses or provided guided reading to the field

Inhabiting Liminal Spaces
Inhabiting Liminal Spaces

Author: Isabella Clough Marinaro

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022-02-09

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 1000540383

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This book draws together debates from two burgeoning fields, liminality and informality studies, to analyze how dynamics of rule-bending take shape in Rome today. Adopting a multiscalar and transdisciplinary approach, it unpacks how gaps and contradictions in institutional rulemaking and application force many residents into protracted liminal states marked by intense vulnerability. By merging a political economy lens with ethnographic research in informal housing, illegal moneylending, unauthorized street-vending and waste collection, the author shows that informalities are not marginal or anomalous conditions, but an integral element of the city’s governance logics. Multiple actors together construct the local cultural norms, conventions and moral economies through which rule-negotiation occurs. However, these practices are ultimately unable to reconfigure historically rooted power dynamics and hierarchies. In fact, they often aggravate weak urbanites’ difficulties in accessing rights and services. A study that challenges assumptions that informalities are predominantly features of developing economies or limited to specific groups and sectors, this volume’s critical approach and innovative methodology will appeal to scholars of sociology and anthropology interested in social theory, urban studies and liminality.

Urban Informalities
Urban Informalities

Author: Michael Waibel

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-02-11

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1317003756

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Bringing together an interdisciplinary and international group of researchers working on a wide variety of cities throughout Asia, Latin America and Europe, this book addresses, rethinks and, in some cases, abandons the notions of formal and informal urbanism. This collection critically interrogates both the ways in which 'informal' and 'formal' are put to work in the governing and politicisation of cities, and their conceptual strengths and weaknesses. It does so by focusing on a wide variety of topics, from specific forms of housing and labour often traditionally linked to the formal/informal divide, to urban political negotiations, cultural practices, and ways of being in the city. The book takes stock of and reflects on how contemporary urban informality/formality relations are being produced and are/might be understood, and puts forward an enlarged and comprehensive understanding of urban informality.