The Informal Economy and Employment in Brazil: Latin America, Modernization, and Social Changes - Hardcover
by D. Coletto
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Availability:In StockContributor:D. ColettoTheme:Cultural Region/Latin America, Ethnic Orientation/Hispanic & LatinoPublish date:11/17/2010Pages:270
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9780230618176ISBN-10:0230618170UPC:9780230618176Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Cultural & Ethnic Studies, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, AnthropologyBook Topic:Hispanic & Latino Studies, Cultural & SocialSize:8.30 x 5.60 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.409Product ID:SCXXWF181F
This book presents some in-depth cases regarding specific informal economic activities in Brazil. Using an ethnographic approach, the author shows the social and economic processes that allow the informal economy to be reproduced, revealing the complex and heterogeneous relations between the formal and the informal parts of economy.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9780230618176ISBN-10:0230618170UPC:9780230618176Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Cultural & Ethnic Studies, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, AnthropologyBook Topic:Hispanic & Latino Studies, Cultural & SocialSize:8.30 x 5.60 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.409Product ID:SCXXWF181F
Diego Coletto is an assistant professor of Economic Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Social Research at Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca (Milan, Italy). In recent years, he has pursued research projects investigating changes in employment relationships in the private and public sectors, with particular attention to the forms of flexible work. Since 2003, he has worked as national correspondent for the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) and the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM). Both EIRO and ERM are projects of the European Foundation for the Improvement of the Working and Living Conditions (Eurofound). For the two observatories, he wrote various articles and reports, which have been published on the Eurofound website.
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
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2010 Edition
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