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Hexágono versus árbol

Casos atípicos en la organización del comercio informal en el Distrito Federal

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ID11325107
AuthorsGisela Zaremberg (0000-0003-3062-1628, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume18
Issue36
Pages143-180
Publication date2010-07-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePerfiles Latinoamericanos (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0188-7653 • E-ISSN: 2309-4982
PublisherFacultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Mexico (FLACSO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18504/pl1836-143-2010
OpenAlexW2135737986
LanguagePT
References cited16

Este trabajo propone descifrar las razones de un hecho inesperado, a saber: en el contexto de organizaciones de comercio informal en vía pública en el Distrito Federal, la capital de México, conformadas generalmente en torno a liderazgos que monopolizan la representación, tres casos no siguen los patrones de verticalidad predominantes. En una muestra cualitativa de 50 organizaciones observadas (en especial en el centro de la ciudad), tres casos "extrañamente" presentan líderes que defienden genuinamente los intereses y preocupaciones de los miembros, no se mantienen en el cargo de manera indefinida y actúan siguiendo acciones de auditoría, transparencia y/o rendición de cuentas. ¿Por qué estos casos se alejan tanto del promedio? Educación, presencia de sociedad civil y construcción de reglas formales redistributivas son los argumentos desarrollados en este artículo para responder dicha pregunta.AbstractThis paper proposes to provide an explanation for a non–expected phenomenon: Only three, of fifty organizations of informal merchants, have the opposite behavior than the others. While the overwhelming majority of those organizations are characterized by a monopolization of leadership, those three show a very horizontal structure. Why are those three cases of informal organizations so different from the rest? Why are those exceptional organizations headed by leaders that genuinely defend the interests of members, do not try to perpetuate their leadership, and carry out their activities with transparency and accountability? Education, the presence of civil society and the construction of formal institutions that impact the distribution of power are the factors we look at in this paper

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