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Knutsen, H.M. (2006). Geographies of Informalization: Conceptual Dilemmas over Social Standards and Informalization of Labor. In: Gatrell, J.D., Reid, N. (eds) Enterprising Worlds. The GeoJournal Library, vol 86. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5226-X_18
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