Le débat russe sur l’informel

Myriam Desert ()
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Myriam Desert: EUR'ORBEM - Europe orientale, balkanique et médiane - UP4 - Université Paris-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CERCEC - Centre d'études des mondes russe, caucasien et centre-européen - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: What are the roots of the informal sector and what effects does it have? Is it a blessing or a curse? Changes in post-Soviet Russia contribute new food for thought to a debate that had previously been nourished primarily by considerations on the situation in developing countries. In Russia can be observed processes of formalization - and "deformalization" – of the rules governing not only the practices of economic actors, but also in the rarified distribution of public services publics. The analysis of actual informal practices feeds thinking about the relations between economic and political changes: what impact do they have in setting up a market economy and the rule of law, and in the reconfiguration of both the economic and social arena? An investigation into the way Russian academic circles and social actors view the informal sector sheds light on the various behavioral determinant: reaction to the economic context, cultural roots, social beliefs, and so on. The case of Russia illustrates how the informal sector is not only a mode of action that circumvents legal guidelines, but also a mode of sociability that rejects anonymous social relations. It helps examine ways to reinject the social aspect into economics.

Keywords: acteurs économiques; secteur informel; Russie (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-05
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Published in Questions de recherche/Research in question, 2006, 17, 53 p

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