{"product_id":"out-of-the-shadows-patricia-fernzandez-kelly-9780271027500","title":"Out of the Shadows: Political Action and the Informal Economy in Latin America","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the beginning of scholarly writing about the informal economy in the mid-1970s, the debate has evolved from addressing survival strategies of the poor to considering the implications for national development and the global economy. Simultaneously, research on informal politics has ranged from neighborhood clientelism to contentious social movements basing their claims on a variety of social identities in their quest for social justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite related empirical and theoretical concerns, these research traditions have seldom engaged in dialogue with one another. \u003ci\u003eOut of the Shadows \u003c\/i\u003ebrings leading scholars of the informal economy and informal politics together to address how globalization has influenced local efforts to resolve political and economic needs--and how these seemingly separate issues are indeed deeply related.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the editors, contributors are Javier Auyero, Miguel Angel Centeno, Sylvia Chant, Robert Gay, Mercedes González de la Rocha, José Itzigsohn, Alejandro Portes, and Juan Manuel Ramírez Sáiz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia Fernández-Kelly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271027509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271027500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Patricia Fernández-Kelly","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064808583423,"sku":"9780271027500","price":111.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5ab74ec7-3c26-4bf9-9ead-2197717d1da6.jpg?v=1768671166","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/out-of-the-shadows-patricia-fernzandez-kelly-9780271027500","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}