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Travelling with the argonauts : informal networks seen without a vertical lens /

Drawing on rich ethnographic materials from longitudinal fieldwork on informal trading routes across Europe, Travelling with the Argonauts offers a new perspective in the research of the social space, reflecting on how best to investigate amorphous social phenomena, such as informal networks. Breaki...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Irek, Małgorzata (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Drawing on rich ethnographic materials from longitudinal fieldwork on informal trading routes across Europe, Travelling with the Argonauts offers a new perspective in the research of the social space, reflecting on how best to investigate amorphous social phenomena, such as informal networks. Breaking with much current theory, the approach detailed here ' the 'Restricted Verticality Perspective' ' examines the horizontal dimension of social relations, and understands informality not as marginal or substandard, but as life itself, as the real experience of ordinary people.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781785338991
1785338994