Urban informality : a multidisciplinary perspective

Urban informality : a multidisciplinary perspective / Maria Vittoria Ferroni, Rossana Galdini, Giovanni Ruocco, editors.

This book analyzes the informal practices of contemporary cities through a close dialogue between different research perspectives, with the shared goal of giving voice to informality and evaluating its benefits and potential in a multidimensional key of social factors. Recently, the human sciences h...

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Other Authors: Ferroni, Maria Vittoria, Galdini, Rossana, Ruocco, Giovanni
Format: eBook
Language:English
Italian
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2023]
Subjects:
Urbanization > Economic aspects.
Informal sector (Economics)
Urbanization > Economic aspects
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Informality: A Difficult Qualification
  • Informality and Evolution of Urban Space
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Concept of Urban Informality
  • 3 Origins and Evolution of Urban Informality
  • 4 The Main Theoretical Approaches
  • 5 Informality and Urban Space
  • 6 Perspectives on the Informal
  • Bibliographical References
  • Collective Action, Urban Spaces, and Common Goods: The Concept of Informality from a Sociological Perspective
  • 1 Why Discuss Informality?
  • 2 Sociology and an Informal Economy
  • 3 Informality as an Analytical Category: Informal Ties, Social Movements and Direct Social Action
  • 4 Informal Cities, Common Goods, and Participation
  • 5 Concluding Reflections
  • Bibliographical References
  • Informality and Democratic Innovation: The Urban Political Laboratory
  • 1 Informality, Instructions for Use
  • 2 Informality as a Social Practice
  • 3 Democracies in Transformation
  • 4 Conclusions
  • Bibliographical References
  • The Legal Value of Informality for the General Interest: The Example of Cities
  • 1 Informality in Law
  • 2 Examples and Models of Conciliation Between Informality and Formal Law
  • 2.1 The Tolerance Model
  • 2.2 The Recognition Model
  • 2.3 The Innovative Legal Qualification Model
  • 2.4 The Collaboration Agreements Model
  • 2.5 The Re-use of Goods in Transition
  • 3 The Unifying Contribution Offered by the Principle of Horizontal Subsidiarity
  • 4 The Legal Space of Cities
  • 5 The Risks of Informality
  • Bibliographical References
  • The Re-use of Assets Confiscated from Organized Crime: How to Make the Informal Formal
  • 1 Premise. Assets Confiscated from the Mafia as Common Goods. The Potential of Informality
  • 2 The Evolution of the Discipline of Confiscation of Assets from the Mafia
  • 3 The Re-use of Assets in Transition as a Model of Informality: The Phase of Temporary Assignment
  • 4 The Destination Phase of Definitively Confiscated Assets: The Role of Informality
  • Bibliographical References
  • The Role of "Intangible Factors" for Local Development: Policy Implications and Preliminary Indicators for Evaluation
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Role of Intangible Factors in Economic Theory
  • 3 The Role of Intangible Factors in the Dynamics of Sustainable Local Development
  • 4 Policy Implications of Local Development
  • 5 Preliminary Indicators for Impact Evaluation
  • 5.1 Active Citizenship
  • 5.2 Partnership Representation
  • 5.3 Integrated Processes
  • 5.4 Sustainability
  • Bibliographical References
  • Urban Regeneration and Informal City in the European Framework
  • 1 Urban Regeneration and Informal City
  • 2 The Notion of "Informal City"
  • 3 The Collaboration of Citizens
  • 4 The Relation Between Formality and Informality
  • 4.1 The Criticalities of Informal Initiatives

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