Livelihoods

Varieties of Legal Dualism: Making Sense of the Role of Law in Contemporary Russia

Explores dual (formal/informal) systems of political use of the courts and informal social/business networks in Russia.

New Solutions Journal Special Issue: Health and Safety for Informal Workers

Slim pickin’s: Supporting waste pickers in the ecological modernization of urban waste management systems

Abstract: Informal sector scavengers or waste pickers have been unrecognized stakeholders on the fringes of the urban waste landscape since...

Maid to Order: Ending Abuses Against Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore

A New Path to Development? The Significance and Impact of Hernando De Soto’s Ideas on Underdevelopment, Production, and Reproduction

Globalization and Securing Rights for Women Informal Workers in Asia

“Glocal” Movements: Place Struggles and Transnational Organizing by Informal Workers

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Representações do trabalho informal e dos riscos à saúde entre trabalhadoras domésticas e trabalhadores da construção civil

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The Other Path of the Law

Analyzing how informal economic activity influences jurisprudence.  

Towards an Inclusive Occupational Health and Safety For Informal Workers

Abstract: Large numbers of workers worldwide work informally. Yet the discipline and practice of occupational health and safety covers largely...