The informal city / Michel S. Laguerre.

Main entry:

Laguerre, Michel S.

Title & Author:

The informal city / Michel S. Laguerre.

Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1994.

Description:

xvi, 180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-169) and index.
The informal city approach -- Informal space -- The informal economy -- Informality and urban politics -- Informality, interstitiality and the modern firm -- Informality and urban medical practices -- The informal arena of inter-ethnic relations.

Summary:

"In this book Michel S. Laguerre argues that there exists an informal city located just beneath and in the interstices of the formal city. The metaphor is not geographical, but rather structural and hermeneutical. It is the city of behind-the-scene maneuvers, an informal ethos that everyone seems to participate in, although usually unspokenly because of the highly sensitive character (personal, sometimes unethical or perhaps illegal) of the activities carried out there that shape the formal outcome."--BOOK JACKET. "This study further argues that informal practices which are by no means trivial constitute an important factor in the shaping of everyday life at the personal, group and institutional levels. It shows that these informal practices shape, sustain, support, undermine and influence in many different ways the flow of processes and activities of the formal system of society. It further demonstrates that, without them, the formal system would not be able to function smoothly, because they constitute an integral part of its operation. With illustrative data drawn from the American urban experience, the authors shows why and how the informal city must be seen as the hidden dimension of the formal city."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0312122098
9780312122096

Subject:

Sociology, Urban California San Francisco Metropolitan Area.
Sociology, Urban California Oakland Metropolitan Area.
City and town life California San Francisco Metropolitan Area.
City and town life California Oakland Metropolitan Area.
Informal sector (Economics) California San Franciso Metropolitan Area.
Informal sector (Economics) California Oakland Metropolitan Area.
City and town life.
Informal sector (Economics)
Sociology, Urban.
Informal sector (Economics) California San Francisco Metropolitan Area.
California Oakland Metropolitan Area.
California San Francisco Metropolitan Area.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 269265
Call No.: BIB 201402
Status: Available

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