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This book draws together debates from two burgeoning fields, liminality and informality studies, to analyze how dynamics of rule-bending take shape in Rome today.
Sommario
Introduction: Rome: The Informal City. 1. Tracing Informalities Across Scales and Fields. 2. Residing in Liminality: Housing Informalities and the Public Sector. 3. Liminality on the Street: The Shifting Rules of (In)formal Vending. 4. Informal Lending: The Challenges of Financial Liminality. 5. Garbage: Managing Liminal Matter through Multi-layered Informalities. 6. When in Rome: Mapping Romans' Attitudes and Understandings of Informal Practices. Conclusion.
Info autore
Isabella Clough Marinaro is Associate Professor of Italian Studies at John Cabot University, Italy, where she teaches courses in sociology, urban studies, criminology, and social science research methods. She worked for many years on the political and social conditions of Roma communities in Italy and the policy processes affecting them. Her current research focuses on urban development and governance in Rome, particularly in their interconnections with changing forms of illegal and informal practices. She is the co-editor of
Italian Mafias Today: Territory, Business and Politics and
Global Rome: Changing Faces of the Eternal City.
Riassunto
This book draws together debates from two burgeoning fields, liminality and informality studies, to analyze how dynamics of rule-bending take shape in Rome today.
