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1 online resource |
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Routledge Studies in Latin American Development Ser |
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Routledge Studies in Latin American Development Ser
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of contents; Figures; Tables; Online tables and figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Artisans and the informal sector in Ecuador; Introduction; The impact of neoliberalism; The research in its national context; An organic methodology; The contents of the book; Notes; 2 Informals, entrepreneurs and artisans; Analysing the informal sector; Entrepreneurs and small businesses owners; Historical-structural analysis; Artisan social relations of production and distribution; Notes; 3 Artisans in Quito, 1975-2015; Antecedents |
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Artisans in the structure of production and exchangeThe changing structure of artisan production; The moving components of the structure of artisan production; Social relations of production; Gender; Self-employment; Employees; Internal changes in the nature of work; Notes; 4 Neoliberalism in Ecuador; Introduction; Neoliberalism; Neoliberalism in Ecuador; The political context for neoliberalism; The neoliberal crash; GDP growth; 1975-1982; 1982-1995; 1995-2005; 2005-2015; Oil and growth; The relationship between oil and non-oil sectors of the economy |
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Oil and non-oil performance between fieldwork surveysGovernment consumption and GDP; Gross production by industrial sector, 1970-2015; Financialisation and financial flexibilisation; Manufacturing performance; Growth of exports and imports; Notes; 5 Choosing informality; Informal and formal relations; Individuals choosing informality; Firms choosing to be informal; Artisan choices in expanding and declining markets; Choosing wage work in the formal sector; Choosing to be an artisan; The power to choose; Influences on artisan decision-making; Notes |
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6 Formal-informal relations: Backward linkagesIntroduction; The artisan as individual, family member and firm owner; The use of tools and machinery; Investment in equipment; The structure of equipment supply; The supply of hand tools; The supply of electric hand tools; The supply of fixed machinery; The supply of raw materials; Individual choice and structural pressures; Changes in the structure of the manufacturers of raw materials; Changes in the structure of artisan production; Changes in the technology of raw material production; Changes in the technology of tools and equipment |
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Social changes in QuitoNotes; 7 Customers, clients and formal markets; Introduction; Defining the customer; The most important customers; Commercial capital and buying-up; Subcontracting, direct contracting and buying-up; The customers of different types of artisans; Carpenters; Shoemakers; Jewellers; Tailors and seamstresses; Relationship of different activities to the formal sector; Government policy for school uniforms; Notes; 8 Family firms, homeworkers and home-based enterprises; Introduction: family firms in the informal sector; The relationship between FBEs and HBEs |
| Summary |
This book looks back over the last forty years of change and development in Ecuador, showing how macro level changes have impacted families and workplaces on the local level. Traditionally a dependent economy reliant on agricultural exports, the impact of neoliberalism and new sources of income from oil have transformed the informal and artisanal sectors in Ecuador. Exploring these dynamics using a combination of micro and macro analyses, this book demonstrates how the social relations of the sector are connected to the wider social, economic and political systems in which they operate. The book dives into the links between micro-production and the wider economy, including the relationships between different types of artisanal enterprises and their customers, their connections to the private sector and the state, the importance of social networks and social capital and the relevance of finance capital in microenterprise development. Overall, the analysis investigates how artisans, entrepreneurs and family-based enterprises seek to protect their interests when faced with neoliberal policies and the impacts of globalisation. This remarkable longitudinal study will be of considerable interest to researchers of development studies, economics, sociology, anthropology, geography and Latin American Studies |
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Alan Middleton is Emeritus Professor of Urban Studies at Birmingham City University, UK, Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow, and Chief Executive Officer of the Governance Foundation |
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Informal sector (Economics) -- Ecuador
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Third World Development.
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Economic history
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Informal sector (Economics)
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| SUBJECT |
Ecuador -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040900
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| Subject |
Ecuador
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429577147 |
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0429577141 |
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9780429201097 |
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0429201095 |
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9780429572920 |
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0429572921 |
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9780429575037 |
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0429575033 |
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