ANTB20H3 Lecture : Disjuncture and the Politics of Livelihood (21st January)
Document Summary
Almost illegal because they do not take part in the wage labor market governed by the state: examples. sex trade (in many cases, it is part of the informal economy) street vendors: hair salons, shoe shiners, etc, both economic and social. One should not look at informal economy separately but it is part of the same whole along with the formal economy. Informal economy increased in parts of the developing world. www. notesolution. com. rural to urban in order to sell their products, to take part in this informal economy. there are ambitions and aspirations but the problem is that they can"t find jobs in the formal economy. Therefore, the informal economy becomes much more important to them: role of the state, police force, oversees the formal economy. Gender: men usually working in the formal economy, women usually working in the informal economy. www. notesolution. com.
