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Practici informale nocive sau inofensive?: "În pofida" și "dincolo de" stat; cazul Ungariei și României
Harmful or harmless informal practices?: "In spite of" and "beyond" the state; the case of Hungary and Romania
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Abstract Recent debates on informality have challenged the pertinence of the traditional legal-illegal dichotomy for understanding social actions. Located in a grey continuous area, informal practices are based on individuals' perception on the role of the state in a given sector and results from illegal, le... view more
Recent debates on informality have challenged the pertinence of the traditional legal-illegal dichotomy for understanding social actions. Located in a grey continuous area, informal practices are based on individuals' perception on the role of the state in a given sector and results from illegal, legal and extra-legal transactions. This paper is an attempt to bring further this debate by proposing a new conceptualization of informality rooted in empirical evidence: we distinguish between informality "in spite" of the state in order to designate practices that overrule state instructions and try to re-regulate areas already regulated by the state; and informality "beyond" the state, defined as a set of practices and informal rules that arrange an area unregulated or deserted by the state. Our theoretical argument is illustrated by two case studies, one devoted to informal child-care in Romania (informality beyond the state) and the other to corruption in Hungary (informality in spite of the state).... view less
Keywords
morality; national state; Hungary; corruption; Romania; child care; action
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Document language
Other language
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 219-241
Journal
Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, XVI (2016) 2
ISSN
1582-4551
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works