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The Informal City

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  • © 1994

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Authors:
  1. Michel S. Laguerre

    1. University of California, Berkeley, USA

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Informal City Approach

    • Michel S. Laguerre
    Pages 1-26

  3. Informal Space

    • Michel S. Laguerre
    Pages 27-45

  4. The Informal Economy

    • Michel S. Laguerre
    Pages 47-74

  5. Informality and Urban Politics

    • Michel S. Laguerre
    Pages 75-101

  6. Informality, Interstitiality and the Modern Firm

    • Michel S. Laguerre
    Pages 103-121

  7. Informality and Urban Medical Practices

    • Michel S. Laguerre
    Pages 123-138

  8. The Informal Arena of Inter-Ethnic Relations

    • Michel S. Laguerre
    Pages 139-155

  9. Conclusion

    • Michel S. Laguerre
    Pages 157-161

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 163-180
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In this book, Michel S.Laguerre argues that there exists an informal city located just beneath and in the interstices of the formal city. The metaphor is not geographical, but rather structural and hermeneutical. This is the city where manoeuvres that cannot be done publicly, legally, ethically or otherwise are performed. The author shows with illustrative data drawn from the American urban experience - the San Francisco-Oakland Metropolitan area - why and how the informal city must be seen as the hidden dimension of the formal city.

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  • University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Michel S. Laguerre

About the author

MICHEL S. LAGUERRE is Professor of Social Anthropology and Afro-American Studies and a Member of the Executive Committee of the College of Letters and Science at the University of California at Berkeley.

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