The Making and Unmaking of the (In)formal Sector
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2369871 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anjan Chakrabarti (0000-0002-5229-6398, Calcutta University, West Bengal, India, corresponding author), Atanu Thakur (Calcutta University, West Bengal, India, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 415-435 |
| Publication date | 2010-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0896920510365198 |
| OpenAlex | W1977075934 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 25 |
Using class-focused Marxist theory we examine the received category of the informal sector in order to demonstrate two results. First, we explicate the process of 'making' the informal sector in terms of the formal sector. Derived from a centrist logic that shapes the mainstream development paradigm, this involves a process of its devaluation in terms of the norm of the formal sector. Moreover, attempts to introduce heterogeneity within an already homogeneously defined informal sector are shown to be failing. Second, we show how placing the concept of the informal sector within the non-centric class-focused economic terrain fundamentally displaces, indeed 'unmakes', the received definition of the informal sector. Our analytical frame of a non-centric class-focused economic terrain reveals, on one hand, how the 'making' of the informal sector serves as a political rationale for shaping societal transition in favor of modern capitalism, and on the other, the problematical nature of the rationality
Capitalism · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Epistemology · Informal sector · Mainstream · Marxist philosophy · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Economic Theory and Policy · Law · Political Economy and Marxism · Taxation and Compliance Studies
Choice, rationality, and social theory
The Informal Economy
Global order and the new economic policy in India
Class Theory and History
Transition and Development in India
Development, Capitalism, and Socialism
Realizing class justice
On Colonial Hegemony
Socialism's Burden
Marxist economists and the market economy
The urban informal sector
Informal sector or petty commodity production
An exploration into the nature of informal—formal sector relationships
Employment, incomes and equality
The Myth of the Hidden Economy
The informal economy
The End of Capitalism (as we knew it)
The Myth of the Hidden Economy
The marginal pole of the economy and the marginalized labour force
Informal Income Opportunities and Urban Employment in Ghana
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2021 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |