The Metamorphosis of the Marginal: The Debate Over the Informal Sector in Latin America

The concept of informal sector is polymorphous. For some, it is a response to the bureaucratic entanglements that smother the productive forces capable of leading a country on to the road to competitive capitalism; for others, it is merely a set of activities that fall between the cracks of an incom...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Current sociology 1997-01, Vol.45 (1), p.71-90
Main Author: Cortes, Fernando
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Capitalism
Economic development
Economic models
Economic policy
Economic research
Informal economy
Informal Sector
Latin America
Marginal analysis
Marginality
Methodology (Philosophical)
Theoretical Problems
Transitions
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!