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Informality Revisited Abstract: The paper draws on recent evidence––economic, sociological and anthropological––from Latin America to forward a view of the informal... Read More
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Employee and union inputs into occupational health and safety measures in Chinese factories Abstract: Read More
Dislocating modernity: Identity, space and representations of street trade in Durban, South Africa South Africa’s cities have experienced dramatic changes over the past decade. Cities are now home to a multiracial population, and have been... Read More
Organising home-based workers in the global economy: an action-research approachDevelopment in Practice Abstract: This article describes an action-research project which has the multiple objectives of mapping the range of home-based work in... Read More
