The devil's in the dichotomies: Assessing ‘informality' through a decolonial lens

Oppel, Annalena ORCID: 0000-0002-7603-0551 (2024) The devil's in the dichotomies: Assessing ‘informality' through a decolonial lens. LSE Inequalities (26 Jun 2024). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Development discourse is replete with expressions such as the “informal economy”, “informal labour” and “informal settlements”, writes Annalena Oppel. But behind the outwardly neutral use of these terms, how far does the formal/informal dichotomy carry forward inherent and historical hierarchies? What do these terms conceal – and what does a progressive, expansive way forward look like?

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s)
Divisions:	International Inequalities Institute
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	27 Feb 2025 10:48
Last Modified:	27 Feb 2025 10:48
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/127439

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