The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 1

by Alena Ledeneva

Alena Ledeneva invites you on a voyage of discovery, to explore society's open secrets, unwritten rules and know-how practices. Broadly defined as 'ways of getting things done', these invisible yet powerful informal practices tend to escape articulation in official discourse. They include emotion-driven exchanges of gifts or favours and tributes for services, interest-driven know-how (from informal welfare to informal employment and entrepreneurship),...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1013289900
• ISBN13: 9781013289903
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 2.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 11.0"