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==Redistribution==
==Redistribution==


'''[[:Category:Substantive|Substantive ambivalence: relationships vs use of relationships]]'''
[http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10041167/1/The-Global-Encyclopaedia-of-Informality-Volume.1.pdf#page=63 The substantive ambivalence: relationships vs use of relationships]


1. ''Neither gift nor commodity: the instrumentality of sociability''
1. ''Neither gift nor commodity: the instrumentality of sociability''
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==Solidarity==
==Solidarity==


'''[[:Category:Normative ambivalence|Normative ambivalence of double standards: ‘us’ vs ‘them’]]'''
[http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10041167/1/The-Global-Encyclopaedia-of-Informality-Volume.1.pdf#page=245 The normative ambivalence of double standards: ‘us’ vs ‘them’]


3. ''Conformity: the lock-in effect of social ties''
3. ''Conformity: the lock-in effect of social ties''
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: [[Group identity and the ambivalence of norms]] by Eric Gordy
: [[Group identity and the ambivalence of norms]] by Eric Gordy


: [[Organic solidarity and informality|Organic solidarity and informality – two irreconcilable concepts?]] by Christian Giordano
: [[Organic solidarity and informality – two irreconcilable concepts?]] by Christian Giordano


4. ''The unlocking power of non-conformity: cultural resistance vs political opposition''
4. ''The unlocking power of non-conformity: cultural resistance vs political opposition''


: [[The grey zones between cultural and political]] by Peter Zusi
: [http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10041167/1/The-Global-Encyclopaedia-of-Informality-Volume.1.pdf#page=368 Introduction: the grey zones between cultural and political] by Peter Zusi


: [[Ambiguities of accommodation|Ambiguities of accommodation, resistance and rebellion]] by Jan Kubik
: [http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10041167/1/The-Global-Encyclopaedia-of-Informality-Volume.1.pdf#page=406 Conclusion: ambiguities of accommodation, resistance and rebellion] by Jan Kubik


==Market==
==Market==


'''[[:Category:Functional ambivalence|Functional ambivalence of informal strategies: supportive or subversive?]]'''
[http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10041172/1/The-Global-Encyclopaedia-of-Informality-Volume-2.pdf#page=35 The functional ambivalence of informal strategies: supportive or subversive?]


5. ''The system made me do it: strategies of survival''
5. ''The system made me do it: strategies of survival''


: [[The puzzles of informal economy|The puzzles of informal economy]] by Colin Marx
: [http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10041172/1/The-Global-Encyclopaedia-of-Informality-Volume-2.pdf#page=39 Introduction: the puzzles of informal economy] by Colin Marx


: [[How do tools of evasion become instruments of exploitation|How do tools of evasion become instruments of exploitation?]] by Scott Radnitz
: [http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10041172/1/The-Global-Encyclopaedia-of-Informality-Volume-2.pdf#page=183 Conclusion: how do tools of evasion become instruments of exploitation?] by Scott Radnitz  


6. ''Gaming the system: strategies of camouflage''
6. ''[[Gaming the system]]: strategies of camouflage''


: [[Gaming the system]] by Philip Hanson
: [http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10041172/1/The-Global-Encyclopaedia-of-Informality-Volume-2.pdf#page=213 Introduction: gaming the system] by Philip Hanson  


: [[Methods of researching part-time crime and illicit economic activity]] by Gerald Mars
: [http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10041172/1/The-Global-Encyclopaedia-of-Informality-Volume-2.pdf#page=341 Conclusion: methods of researching part-time crime and illicit economic activity] by Gerald Mars


==Domination==
==Domination==


'''[[:Category:Motivational ambivalence|Motivational ambivalence: the blurring of the public and the private in the workings of informal power]]'''
[http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10041172/1/The-Global-Encyclopaedia-of-Informality-Volume-2.pdf#page=375 The motivational ambivalence: the blurring of the public and the private in the workings of informal power]


7. ''Co-optation: recruiting clients and patrons''
7. ''Co-optation: recruiting clients and patrons''


: [[Carrots versus sticks in patron–client networks]] by Paul M. Heywood
: [http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10041172/1/The-Global-Encyclopaedia-of-Informality-Volume-2.pdf#page=379 Introduction: carrots versus sticks in patron–client networks] by Paul M. Heywood


: [[Do patron–client relationships affect complex societies|Do patron–client relationships affect complex societies?]] by Elena Semenova
: [http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10041172/1/The-Global-Encyclopaedia-of-Informality-Volume-2.pdf#page=435 Conclusion: do patron–client relationships affect complex societies?] by Elena Semenova


8. ''Control: instruments of informal governance''
8. ''Control: instruments of informal governance''


: [[Politics of fear (USSR)]] by Vladimir Gelman
: [http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10041172/1/The-Global-Encyclopaedia-of-Informality-Volume-2.pdf#page=452 Introduction: politics of fear] by Vladimir Gelman


: [[Informal constitutions and informal meta-rules|When do informal practices turn into informal institutions? Informal constitutions and informal ‘meta-rules’]] by Scott Newton
: [http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10041172/1/The-Global-Encyclopaedia-of-Informality-Volume-2.pdf#page=506 Conclusion: when do informal practices turn into informal institutions? Informal constitutions and informal ‘meta-rules’] by Scott Newton

Latest revision as of 10:25, 23 April 2020

Key challenges and main findings

The informal view of the world by Alena Ledeneva

What is old and what is new in the dialectics of ‘us’ and ‘them’? by Zygmunt Bauman

Are some countries more informal than others? The case of Russia by Svetlana Baruskova and Alena Ledeneva

Redistribution

The substantive ambivalence: relationships vs use of relationships

1. Neither gift nor commodity: the instrumentality of sociability

Economies of favours by Nicolette Makovicky and David Henig
Managing favours in a global economy by Sheila M. Puffer and Daniel J. McCarthy

2. Neither gift nor payment: the sociability of instrumentality

Vernaculars of informality by Nicolette Makovicky and David Henig
'Interested' vs 'disinterested' giving: defining extortion, reciprocity and pure gifts in the connected worlds by Florence Weber

Solidarity

The normative ambivalence of double standards: ‘us’ vs ‘them’

3. Conformity: the lock-in effect of social ties

Group identity and the ambivalence of norms by Eric Gordy
Organic solidarity and informality – two irreconcilable concepts? by Christian Giordano

4. The unlocking power of non-conformity: cultural resistance vs political opposition

Introduction: the grey zones between cultural and political by Peter Zusi
Conclusion: ambiguities of accommodation, resistance and rebellion by Jan Kubik

Market

The functional ambivalence of informal strategies: supportive or subversive?

5. The system made me do it: strategies of survival

Introduction: the puzzles of informal economy by Colin Marx
Conclusion: how do tools of evasion become instruments of exploitation? by Scott Radnitz

6. Gaming the system: strategies of camouflage

Introduction: gaming the system by Philip Hanson
Conclusion: methods of researching part-time crime and illicit economic activity by Gerald Mars

Domination

The motivational ambivalence: the blurring of the public and the private in the workings of informal power

7. Co-optation: recruiting clients and patrons

Introduction: carrots versus sticks in patron–client networks by Paul M. Heywood
Conclusion: do patron–client relationships affect complex societies? by Elena Semenova

8. Control: instruments of informal governance

Introduction: politics of fear by Vladimir Gelman
Conclusion: when do informal practices turn into informal institutions? Informal constitutions and informal ‘meta-rules’ by Scott Newton