The global financial crisis and subsequent increase in social inequality has led in many cases to a redrawing of the boundaries between formal and informal work. This interdisciplinary volume explores the role of informal work in today s global economy, presenting economic, legal, sociological, historical, anthropological, political and cultural perspectives on the topic.

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Workers and the Global Informal Economy "explores varying definitions of informality in the backdrop of neo-liberal market logic, exploring how it manifests itself in different regions around the world, and its...