208
Views
11
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
ARTICLES

A critical evaluation of competing representations of the relationship between formal and informal work

Pages 105-124 | Published online: 12 Feb 2008

References

  • Amado , J. and Stoffaes , C. 1980 . “ Vers une socio-economie duale ” . In La societe francaise et la technologie , Edited by: Danzin , A. , Boublil , A. and Lagarde , J. Paris : Documentation Francaise .
  • Amin , A. , Cameron , A. and Hudson , R. 2002a . Placing the social economy , London : Routledge .
  • Amin , A. , Cameron , A. , & Hudson , R. (2002b) . The UK social economy: Panacea or problem? In I. Bartle & D. Castiglione Social capital in the economy (Russell Papers Civic Series 2002/4) . Colchester : University of Essex .
  • Archibugi , F. 2000 . The associative economy: Insights beyond the welfare state and into post-capitalism , London : Macmillan .
  • Aznar , G. 1981 . Tous a mi-temps, ou le scenario bleu , Paris : Seuil .
  • Barthe , M. A. 1985 . Chomage, travail au noir et entraide familial . Consommation , 3 : 23 – 42 .
  • Barthe , M. A. 1988 . L'economie cachée , Paris : Syros Alternatives .
  • Beck , U. 2000 . The brave new world of work , Cambridge : Polity .
  • Bender , D. E. 2004 . Sweated work, weak bodies: Anti-sweatshop campaigns and languages of labor , New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press .
  • Bennholdt-Thomsen , V. , Faraclas , N. and von Werlhof , C. 2001 . “ Introduction ” . In There is an alternative: Subsistence and worldwide resistance to corporate globalization , Edited by: Bennholdt-Thomsen , V. , Faraclas , N. and von Werlhof , C. London : Zed .
  • Benton , L. 1990 . Invisible factories: The informal economy and industrial development in Spain , New York : State University of New York Press .
  • Blair , T. 1998 . The third way: New politics for the new century , London : Fabian Society .
  • Button , K. 1984 . Regional variations in the irregular economy: A study of possible trends . Regional Studies , 18 : 385 – 392 .
  • Byrne , K. , Forest , R. , Gibson-Graham , J. K. , Healy , S. , & Horvath , G. (2001) . Imagining and enacting non-capitalist futures (Rethinking Economy Project Working Paper No. 1). Retrieved from http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/projects/cep/knowledges/byrne.html
  • Cappechi , V. 1989 . “ The informal economy and the development of flexible specialisation in Emilia Romagna ” . In The informal economy: Studies in advanced and less developing countries , Edited by: Portes , A. , Castells , M. and Benton , L. A. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press .
  • Carrier , J. G. 1998 . “ Introduction ” . In Virtualism: A new political economy , Edited by: Carrier , J. G. and Miller , D. Oxford : Berg .
  • Castells , M. and Portes , A. 1989 . “ World underneath: The origins, dynamics and effects of the informal economy ” . In The informal economy: Studies in advanced and less developing countries , Edited by: Portes , A. , Castells , M. and Benton , L. A. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press .
  • Castree , N. , Coe , N. M. , Ward , K. and Samers , M. 2004 . Spaces of work: Global capitalism and the geographies of labour , London : Sage .
  • Chadeau , A. and Fouquet , A.-M. 1981 . Peut-on mesurer le travail domestique? . Economie et Statistique , 136 : 29 – 42 .
  • Community Economies Collective . (2001) . Imagining and enacting noncapitalist futures . Socialist Review , 28 , 93 – 135 .
  • Conway , S. 2001 . “ Employing social network mapping to reveal tensions between informal and formal organisation ” . In Social interaction and organisational change: Aston perspectives on innovation networks , Edited by: Jones , O. , Conway , S. and Steward , F. London : Imperial Press .
  • Cornuel , D. and Duriez , B. 1985 . “ Local exchange and state intervention ” . In Beyond employment: Household, gender and subsistence , Edited by: Redclift , N. and Mingione , E. Oxford : Basil Blackwell .
  • Davis , M. 2006 . Planet of slums , London : Verso .
  • De Soto , H. 1989 . The other path , London : Harper and Row .
  • Delors , J. 1979 . Le troisieme secteur: Le travail au-dela de l'emploi . Autrement , 20 : 147 – 152 .
  • Delphy , C. 1984 . Close to home , London : Hutchinson .
  • Derrida , J. 1967 . Of grammatology , Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press .
  • Dobson , R. V. G. 1993 . Bringing the economy home from the market , New York : Black Rose Books .
  • Dumontier , F. and Pan Ke Shon , J.-L. 1999 . En 13 ans, moins de temps contraints et plus de loisirs , Paris : INSEE Premiere 675 .
  • Economist Intelligence Unit . (1982) . Coping with unemployment: The effects on the unemployed themselves . London : Economist Intelligence Unit .
  • Ekins , P. and Max-Neef , M. 1992 . Real-life economics: Understanding wealth creation , London : Routledge .
  • Escobar , A. 1995 . Encountering development: The making and unmaking of the third world , Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press .
  • Espenshade , J. 2004 . Monitoring sweatshops: Workers, consumers and the global apparel industry , Philadelphia : Temple University Press .
  • Esteva , G. 2001 . “ Mexico: Creating your own path at the grassroots ” . In There is an alternative: Subsistence and worldwide resistance to corporate globalization , Edited by: Bennholdt-Thomsen , V. , Faraclas , N. and von Werlhof , C. London : Zed .
  • Fodor , E. 1999 . Better not bigger: How to take control of urban growth and improve your community , Stony Creek, NJ : New Society .
  • Fortin , B. , Garneau , G. , Lacroix , G. , Lemieux , T. and Montmarquette , C. 1996 . L'economie souterraine au Quebec: Mythes et realites , Laval : Presses de l'Universite Laval .
  • Foudi , R. , Stankiewicz , F. , & Vanecloo , N. (1982) . Chomeurs et economie informelle . Cahiers de l'observation du changement social et culturel (No. 17) . Paris : CNRS .
  • Gallin , D. 2001 . Propositions on trade unions and informal employment in time of globalisation . Antipode , 19 : 531 – 549 .
  • Geertz , C. 1963 . Old societies and new states: The quest for modernity in Asia and Africa , Glencoe, IL : Free Press .
  • Gershuny , J. 2000 . Changing times: Work and leisure in post-industrial society , Oxford : Oxford University Press .
  • Gibson-Graham , J. K. 1996 . The end of capitalism as we knew it?: A feminist critique of political economy , Oxford : Blackwell .
  • Gibson-Graham , J. K. and Ruccio , D. 2001 . “ ‘After’ development: Re-imagining economy and class ” . In Re/presenting class: Essays in post-modern Marxism , Edited by: Gibson-Graham , J. K. , Resnick , S. and Wolff , R. London : Duke University Press .
  • Giddens , A. 1998 . The third way: The renewal of social democracy , Cambridge : Polity .
  • Giddens , A. 2000 . The third way and its critics , Cambridge : Polity .
  • Glatzer , W. and Berger , R. 1988 . “ Household composition, social networks and household production in Germany ” . In On work: Historical, comparative and theoretical approaches , Edited by: Pahl , R. E. Oxford : Basil Blackwell .
  • Goldschmidt-Clermont , L. 1998 . Measuring and valuing non-SNA activities, handbook of national accounting, household accounting: Experiences in the use of concepts and their compilation — Household satellite extensions , New York : United Nations .
  • Goldsmith , E. , Khor , M. , Norberg-Hodge , H. , & Shiva , V. (1995) . The future of progress: Reflections on environment and development . Dartington : Green Books .
  • Gorz , A. 1999 . Reclaiming work: Beyond the wage-based society , Cambridge : Polity .
  • Greffe , X. 1981 . L'economie non-officielle’ . Consommation , 3 : 5 – 16 .
  • Hapke , L. 2004 . Sweatshop: The history of an American idea , New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press .
  • Hellberger , C. and Schwarze , J. 1986 . Umfang und struktur der nebenerwerbstatigkeit in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland , Berlin : Mitteilungen aus der Arbeits-market- und Berufsforschung .
  • Henderson , H. 1978 . Creating alternative futures , New York : Putnam .
  • Henderson , H. 1999 . Beyond globalisation: Shaping a sustainable global economy , London : Kumarian Press .
  • Hines , C. 2000 . Localization: A global manifesto , London : Earthscan .
  • Hoogendijk , W. 1993 . The economic revolution: Towards a sustainable future by freeing the economy from money-making , Utrecht : International Books .
  • Howe , L. 1990 . Being unemployed in Northern Ireland: An ethnographic study , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
  • Hudson , R. 2005 . Economic geographies: Circuits, flows and spaces , London : Sage .
  • ILO . (2002) . Decent work and the informal economy . Geneva : International Labour Organization .
  • ILO . (2004) . World employment report 2004–05: Employment, productivity and poverty reduction . Geneva : International Labour Organization .
  • Isles , N. 2004 . The joy of work? , London : The Work Foundation .
  • Jacob , J. 2003 . “ Alternative lifestyle spaces ” . In Alternative economic spaces , Edited by: Leyshon , A. , Lee , R. and Williams , C. C. London : Sage .
  • Jensen , J. , Cornwell , G.T and Findeis , J.L . 1995 . Informal work in nonmetropolitan Pennsylvania . Rural Society , 60 ( 1 ) : 91 – 107 .
  • Kesteloot , C. and Meert , H. 1999 . Informal spaces: The geography of informal economic activities in Brussels . International Journal of Urban and Regional Research , 23 : 232 – 251 .
  • Koopmans , C. C. 1989 . Informele arbeid: Vraag, aanbod, participanten, prijzen , Amsterdam : Proefschrift Universitiet van Amsterdam .
  • Kostera , M. 1995 . The modern crusade: The missionaries of management come to eastern Europe . Management Learning , 26 : 331 – 352 .
  • Kunda , G. 1992 . Engineering culture: Control and commitment in a high-tech corporation , Philadelphia : Temple University Press .
  • Lalonde , B. and Simmonet , D. 1978 . Quand vous voudrez , Paris : Pauvert .
  • Latouche , S. 1993 . In the wake of affluent society: An exploration of post-development , London : Zed .
  • Laville , J.-L. (1996) . Economy and solidarity: Exploring the issues . In OECD Reconciling economy and society: Towards a plural economy . Paris : OECD .
  • Lemieux , T. , Fortin , B. and Frechette , P. 1994 . The effect of taxes on labor supply in the underground economy . American Economic Review , 84 : 231 – 254 .
  • Leonard , M. 1998 . Invisible work, invisible workers: The informal economy in Europe and the US , London : Macmillan .
  • Lewis , A. 1959 . The theory of economic growth , London : Allen and Unwin .
  • Leyshon , A. 2005 . Introduction: Diverse economies . Antipode , 37 : 856 – 862 .
  • Leyshon , A. and Lee , R. 2003 . “ Introduction: Alternative economic geographies ” . In Alternative economic spaces , Edited by: Leyshon , A. , Lee , R. and Williams , C. C. London : Sage .
  • Lobo , F. M. 1990a . “ Irregular work in Spain ” . In Underground economy and irregular forms of employment, final synthesis report , Brussels : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities .
  • Lobo , F. M. 1990b . “ Irregular work in Portugal ” . In Underground economy and irregular forms of employment, final synthesis report , Brussels : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities .
  • Lozano , B. 1989 . The invisible workforce: Transforming American business with outside and home-based workers , New York : Free Press .
  • Lund , F. , & Nicholson , J. (2003) . Chains of production, ladders of protection: Social protection for workers in the informal economy . Durban : University of Natal School of Development Studies .
  • Luxton , M. 1997 . The UN, women and household labour: Measuring and valuing unpaid work. Women . s Studies International Forum , 20 : 431 – 439 .
  • Mander , J. , & Goldsmith , E. (1996) . The case against the global economy: And for a turn toward the local . San Francisco : Sierra Club .
  • Mayo , E. 1996 . “ Dreaming of work ” . In Work out or work in? Contributions to the debate on the future of work , Edited by: Meadows , P. York : Joseph Rowntree Foundation .
  • McBurney , S. 1990 . Ecology into economics won't go: Or life is not a concept , Dartington : Green Books .
  • Minc , A. 1980 . Le chomage et l'economie souterraine . Le Debat , 2 : 3 – 14 .
  • Minc , A. 1982 . L'apres-crise a commence , Paris : Gallimard .
  • Mingione , E. 1991 . Fragmented societies: A sociology of economic life beyond the market paradigm , Oxford : Basil Blackwell .
  • Mingione , E. and Morlicchio , E. 1993 . New forms of urban poverty in Italy: Risk path models in the North and South . International Journal of Urban and Regional Research , 17 : 413 – 427 .
  • Morris , L. 1994 . Informal aspects of social divisions . International Journal of Urban and Regional Research , 18 : 112 – 126 .
  • OECD (1996) . Reconciling economy and society: Towards a plural economy . Paris : OECD .
  • O'Neill , J. 2003 . Socialism, associations and the market . Economy and Society , 32 : 184 – 206 .
  • Pahl , R. E. 1984 . Divisions of labour , Oxford : Blackwell .
  • Parker , M. 2002 . Against management , Cambridge : Polity .
  • Polanyi , K. 1944 . The great transformation , Boston : Beacon Press .
  • Portes , A. 1994 . “ The informal economy and its paradoxes ” . In The handbook of economic sociology , Edited by: Smelser , N. J. and Swedberg , R. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press .
  • Quijano , A. 2001 . “ The growing significance of reciprocity from below: Marginality and informality under debate ” . In Informalization: Process and structure , Edited by: Tabak , F. and Crichlow , M. A. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press .
  • Ram , M. , Edwards , P. and Jones , T. 2002 . Employers and illegal migrant workers in the clothing and restaurant sectors , London : DTI Central Unit Research .
  • Renooy , P. 1990 . The informal economy: Meaning, measurement and social significance , Amsterdam : Netherlands Geographical Studies Association .
  • Rifkin , J. 1996 . The end of work: The decline of the global labor force and the dawn of a post-market era , New York : Putnam .
  • Robertson , J. 1991 . Future wealth: A new economics for the 21st century , London : Cassells .
  • Robinson , J. and Godbey , G. 1997 . Time for life: The surprising ways Americans use their time , Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania State University Press .
  • Rosanvallon , P. 1980 . Le developpement de l'economie souterraine et l'avenir des societe industrielles . Le Debat , 2 : 8 – 23 .
  • Ross , A. 2004 . Low pay high profile: The global push for fair labor , London : New Press .
  • Ross , R. J. S. 2004 . Slaves to fashion: Poverty and abuse in the new sweatshops , Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press .
  • Roy , C. 1991 . Les emplois du temps dans quelques pays occidentaux . Donnes Sociales , 2 : 223 – 225 .
  • Samers , M. 2005 . The myopia of ‘diverse economies’, or a critique of the ‘informal economy’ . Antipode , 37 : 875 – 886 .
  • Sassen , S. (1997) . Informalisation in advanced market economies (Issues in Development Discussion Paper 20) . Geneva : International Labour Office .
  • Sauvy , A. 1984 . Le travail noir et l'economie de demain , Paris : Calmann-Levy .
  • Scott , J. 1985 . Weapons of the weak: Everyday forms of peasant resistance , New Haven, CT : Yale University Press .
  • Smith , A. 2002 . “ Rethinking ‘survival’ in austerity: Economic practices and household economies in Slovakia ” . In Work, employment and transition: Restructuring livelihoods in post-communism , Edited by: Rainnie , A. , Smith , A. and Swain , A. London : Routledge .
  • Stoleru , L. 1982 . La France a deux vitesses , Paris : Flammarion .
  • Thompson , P. and McHugh , P. 2002 . Work organisations: A critical introduction , 3rd ed , Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan .
  • Tievant , S. (1982) . Vivre autrement: Echanges et sociabilite en ville nouvelle . Cahiers de l'OCS (Vol. 6) . Paris : CNRS .
  • Trainer , T. 1996 . Towards a sustainable economy: The need for fundamental change , Oxford : Jon Carpenter .
  • Van Geuns , R. , Mevissen , J. and Renooy , P. H. 1987 . The spatial and sectoral diversity of the informal economy . Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie , 78 : 389 – 398 .
  • Warburton , D. 1998 . Community and sustainable development: Participation in the future , London : Earthscan .
  • Warde , A. 1990 . Household work strategies and forms of labour: Conceptual and empirical issues . Work, Employment and Society , 4 : 495 – 515 .
  • Warhurst , C. and Thompson , P. 1998 . “ Hands, hearts and minds: Changing work and workers at the end of the century ” . In Workplaces of the future , Edited by: Thompson , P. and Warhurst , C. Basingstoke : Palgrave .
  • Weinberg , D. 1975 . Peasant wisdom: Cultural adaptation in a Swiss village , Berkeley : University of California Press .
  • Wenger , A. 1998 . Communities of practice: Learning, meaning and identity , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
  • Williams , C. C. 2004a . Cash-in-hand work: The underground sector and hidden economy of favours , Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan .
  • Williams , C. C. 2004b . Rethinking the ‘economy’ and uneven development: Spatial disparities in household coping capabilities in contemporary England . Regional Studies , 38 : 507 – 518 .
  • Williams , C. C. 2005 . A commodified world? Mapping the limits of capitalism , London : Zed .
  • Williams , C. C. 2006 . The hidden enterprise culture: Entrepreneurship in the underground economy , Cheltenham : Edward Elgar .
  • Williams , C. C. and Windebank , J. 1998 . Informal employment in the advanced economies: Implications for work and welfare , London : Routledge .
  • Williams , C. C. and Windebank , J. 2002 . Why do people engage in paid informal work? A comparison of affluent suburbs and deprived urban neighbourhoods in Britain . Community, Work & Family , 5 : 67 – 83 .
  • Williams , C. C. and Windebank , J. 2003a . Poverty and the third way , London : Routledge .
  • Williams , C. C. and Windebank , J. 2003b . The slow advance and uneven penetration of commodification . International Journal of Urban and Regional Research , 27 : 250 – 264 .
  • Williams , C. C. and Windebank , J. 2005 . Why do households use alternative consumption practices? Some lessons from Leicester . Community, Work & Family , 8 : 301 – 320 .
  • Williams , C. C. and Windebank , J. 2006 . Re-reading undeclared work: A gendered analysis . Community, Work & Family , 9 : 181 – 196 .
  • Wright , C. 1997 . The sufficient community: Putting people first , Dartington : Green Books .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.