Europe & Central Asia

Informal Employment: Rethinking Workforce Development

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.

Mobilizing Law in Contemporary Russia: The Evolution of Disputes Over Home Repair Projects

Analyzing the accessibility of formal substantive law to ordinary Russians and finding low rates of participation in the legal system, even...

Legal and Institutional Incentives for Undocumented Work in Private Households in Germany

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Irreguläre Arbeit in Privathaushalten

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Employment Structure, Migration and the Informal Economy in AlbaniaSouth-East Europe Review for Labour and Social Affairs (SEER)

Die ILO-Konvention: Gute Arbeit für HausarbeiterinnenLuXemburg: Gesellschaftsanalyse und Linke Praxis

The English title of this German language article is “The ILO Convention Decent Work for Domestic Workers. More than a promise?”...

Revisiting CEDAW’s Recommendations: Has anything changed for migrant workers in Israel in the last two years?

From the paper’s introduction: “Two years ago, in early 2011, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination...

Informalisation of Employment in Germany? Current Labour Market Trends and Measurement Problems

Paper for the WIEGO meeting on “Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries” 31 October-1 November 2008, Harvard University

Neoliberal austerity and the marketisation of elderly careSocial and Cultural Geography

Taking the recent debate on austerity as a starting point, this paper discusses contradictions in current processes of neoliberalisation...