Introduction: Narratives of Informality and Development Diamond Ashiagbor
PART I
THEORISING INFORMALITY AND INFORMALISATION: HISTORICAL AND DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES
1. Historicising Labour in Development: Labour Market Formalisation through the Lens of British Colonial Administration Kerry Rittich
2. Labour Law, Development Discourse and the Uses of Informality Liam McHugh-Russell
3. Informalisation in International Labour Regulation Policy: Profiles of an Unravelling Deirdre McCann
PART II
INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES: HISTORICAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL ECONOMY
4. Do Human Rights Work for Informal Workers? Supriya Routh
5. Labour Law as a Luxury in the Global South? A Case Study from Zimbabwe Pamhidzai H Bamu
6. Insiders, Outsiders and Conflicts of Interest Ruth Dukes
7. The Different Meanings of Formalisation. Experiments from the South: The Case of Argentina Lorena Poblete
8. Supply Chains and Temporary Migrant Labour: The Relevance of Trade and Sustainability Frameworks Tonia Novitz
PART III
EMPIRICAL APPROACHES: REGULATING INFORMALITY
9. What is Actually Regulating Work? A Study of Restaurants in Indonesia and Australia Petra Mahy, Richard Mitchell, John Howe and Maria Azzurra Tranfaglia
10. Labour Laws, Informality, and Development: Comparing India and China Simon Deakin, Shelley Marshall and Sanjay Pinto