The Informal Post-Socialist Economy : Embedded Practices and Livelihoods (Paperback)

Foreword Catherine Wanner  Introduction: Informality ? Enduring Practices, Entwined Livelihoods Jeremy Morris and Abel Polese  Part 1: ‘Entrepreneurial’ Informality? Self- and Off-the-books Employment  1. The Diverse Livelihood Practices of Health-care Workers in Ukraine: the Case of Sasha and Natasha Colin C Williams and Olga Onoschenko  2. The Story of ?ar?nas: an Invisible Citizen of Lithuania Ida Harboe Knudsen  3. Moonlighting Strangers Met on the Way: the Nexus of Informality and Blue-collar Sociality in Russia Jeremy Morris  4. Nannies and Informality in Romanian Local Childcare Markets Borbala Kovacs  5. Drinking with Vova: An Individual Entrepreneur between Illegality and Informality Abel Polese  6. When is an Illicit Taxi Driver More than a Taxi Driver? Case Studies from Transit and Trucking in Post-socialist Slovakia David Karjanen  Part 2: At Home Abroad? Transnational Informality and the Invisible Flows of People and Goods  7. From Shuttle Trader to Businesswomen: the Informal Bazaar Economy in Kyrgyzstan Anna Cie?lewska  8. ‘Business as Casual’: Shuttle Trade on the Belarus-Lithuania Border Olga Sasunkevich  9. ‘The Glove Compartment Half-full of Letters’ ? Informality & Cross-border Trade at the Edge of the Schengen Area Kristine Muller and Judith Miggelbrink  10. Informal Economy Writ Large and Small: From Azerbaijani Herb Traders to Moscow Shop Owners Lale Yalcın-Heckmann