This text highlights changes in the world of work and employment by exploring the importance of the informal economy in Western Europe and the United States. It examines the myriad of ways in which individuals, households and communities turn to informal economic activities in order to achieve some level of economic security in precarious economic environments. Madeleine Leonard also illustrates the continued ambiguous nature of work and the ever changing boundaries between formal and informal economic activity.
- ISBN10 0333637976
- ISBN13 9780333637975
- Publish Date 7 October 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 June 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English