Description
Informed by in-depth case studies focusing on a wide spectrum of micro and macro post-socialist realities, this book demonstrates the multi-faceted nature of informality and suggests that it is a widely diffused phenomenon, used at all levels of a society and by both winners and losers of post-socialist transition.
Table of Contents
Introduction PART I: THINKING INFORMALITY AND DEVELOPMENT WRIT LARGE AND SMALL 1. 'Evaluating The Validity Of The Contrasting Theoretical Perspectives Towards The Informal Economy In Ukraine'; Colin Williams And Olga Onoschenko 2. 'Institutional Transformation And Informality In Azerbaijan And Georgia'; Huseyn Aliyev 3. 'Fighting The Shadows Lithuania's Informal Workers And The Financial Crisis'; Ida Harboe Knudsen 4. 'Formal Crutches For Broken Sociality'; Aet Annist PART II: RE-THEORISING INFORMALITY: POWER, CULTURE, KINSHIP AND HISTORY 5. 'Field Notes On Informality's Culture Of Ubiquity: Recognition And Symbolic Power Within Informal Economic Practices In Kosovo'; Anna Danielsson 6. 'The Importance Of Having tela: Reproduction Of Informality In The Democratization Sector In Bosnia'; Karla Koutkova 7. 'Perception Vs. Practices: Nepotism In Small Businesses In Bulgaria'; Tanya Chavdarova 8. 'The Importance Of Personalized Relationships In Postsocialist Rural Bulgaria: Informality AndThe Socioeconomic Success Of Capitalist Agricultural Entrepreneurs'; Christian Giordano PART III: 'INFORMAL PUBLIC SECTORS AND WELFARE: STATE INTERVENTION OR WITHDRAWAL?' 9. 'Informal Payments For Healthcare Services In Lithuania And Ukraine'; Tetiana Stepurko, Milena Pavlova, Irena Gryga, Liubove Murauskiene, Wim Groot 10. Nuclear Borders: Informally Negotiating The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone'; Thom Davies 11. 'Governing Informal Payments In Healthcare: Lessons From China'; Jingqing Yang 12. 'Informal Economic Practices Within The Kyrgyz Police (Militsiia)'; Liam O'Shea
