Why Informal Workers Organize

Hummel's path-breaking book deepens our understanding of the relationship between informal workers and the state, and raises important questions that scholars will grapple with in the future.

Auteur
Calla Hummel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Miami. She has published in a number of leading journals including the British Journal of Political Science and Comparative Political Studies. Her article in the latter won the journal editorial board's Best Article Award and the Alexander George Best Article Award.

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This book examines the organization of informal workers across the globe, and the differing degrees to which they vary. The reality of informal work described in this book is supported by surveys in 60 countries, over 150 interviews with informal workers in Latin America, ethnographic data, and administrative data.

Contenu

• 1: Why Do Informal Workers Organize?

• 2: State Intervention in Collective Action

• 3: Informal Work in Numbers

• 4: Street Markets in La Paz and São Paulo

• 5: Managing Contentious Collective Action

• 6: How to Make Money While Running From the Cops

• 7: Conclusion

• Theory Appendix

• Quantitative Appendix

• Fieldwork Appendix