The Role of 'informal' Economies in the Post-Soviet World : the End of Transition?
[Book Description]
Based on extensive ethnographic and quantitative research, conducted in Ukraine and Russia between 2004 and 2012, this book's central argument is that for many people the informal economy, such as cash in hand work, subsistence production and the use of social networks, is of great importance to everyday life. Formal work is both a facilitator of such processes and is often supported by them, as people can only afford to undertake low paid formal work as a result of their informal incomes. By looking at the informal nature of formal work and practices, informal practices, gift giving, volunteer work and the economies of the household the book is one of the first to give an overview of the nature of the informal economy in all spheres of everyday practice.
[Table of Contents]
List of illustrations xvi
Acknowledgements xix
1 Introduction 1 (8)
Part I (Re)theorising transition economies 9 (66)
2 Re-visiting the recurring question of 11 (17)
transition
3 Re-theorising the economic 28 (28)
4 Beyond the formal-informal economy 56 (19)
dualism: unpacking the diverse economies of
post-Soviet societies
Part II The lived experience of transition 75 (130)
5 The role of the informal in the formal 77 (30)
sphere
6 Informal employment 107(28)
7 One-to-one unpaid labour, reimbursed 135(25)
family work and paid favours
8 Formal and informal unpaid employment 160(18)
9 The internal economies of the household 178(15)
10 Conclusions 193(12)
Bibliography 205(26)
Index 231
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