Informal Workers and Collective Action : : A Global Perspective / / ed. by Adrienne E. Eaton, Martha A. Chen, Susan J. Schurman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• MitwirkendeR: Aleksandria, Gocha,; Chen, Martha A.,; Dias, Sonia Maria,; Eaton, Adrienne E.,; Evans, Mary,; Fine, Janice,; Goldsmith, Mary R.,; Hawkins, Daniel,; Jgerenaia, Elza,; King, Stephen Juan,; Petrozziello, Allison J.,; Reed, Pewee,; Ryklief, Sahra,; Schurman, Susan J.,; Silva, Vera Alice Cardoso,; Weeks, Milton A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Chen, Martha A.,; Eaton, Adrienne E.,; Schurman, Susan J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)

Informal Workers and Collective Action features nine cases of collective action to improve the status and working conditions of informal workers. Adrienne E. Eaton, Susan J. Schurman, and Martha A. Chen set the stage by defining informal work and describing the types of organizations that represent...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I. FORMALIZING OR REFORMALIZING DISTANCED EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS
• 1. Port Workers in Colombia
• 2. Retail and Hospitality Workers in South Africa
• 3. Haitian Migrant Workers in the Dominican Republic
• 4. Domestic Workers in Uruguay
• 5. Beer Promoters in Cambodia
• 6. Informalized Government Workers in Tunisia
• Part II. SECURING RECOGNITION AND RIGHTS FOR THE SELF-EMPLOYED
• 7. Minibus Drivers in Georgia
• 8. Waste Pickers in Brazil
• 9. Street Vendors in Liberia
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Notes on Contributors
• Index