1st Edition
Informal Governance and Crisis How Invisible, Everyday Tactics of Survival Affect, Reshape and Redesign Policymaking and Governance
Introduction: Everyday informality and governance dynamics in crisis situations and beyond
Abel Polese and Joseph P. Helou
1. Informality and survival in times of crises: The role of the Quadripartite security committee in wartime Beirut
Dana Abi Ghanem
2. Crises, labour market and informality in Brazil: The Covid-19 shock in the light of past dynamics
Mireille Razafindrakoto, François Roubaud and Alexis Saludjian
3. ‘Made in Kyrgyzstan is gold!’ The rise of the informal Kyrgyzstani apparel industry
Claudia Eggart
4. Migrants in the throes of multiple crises: Fragmented state authority, informal networks and forced (im)mobilities in Libya
Eyene Okpanachi and Christian Kaunert
5. Speculating about the migration crisis: acting from above and below on the Canary Islands route
Ignacio Fradejas-García and Kristín Loftsdóttir
6. Informality and insecurity in the Sahel: Unravelling the hybrid political orders of Northern Mali and Northern Niger
Alessio Iocchi and Edoardo Baldaro
7. There’s nothing more permanent than temporary solutions: The solar panel transition and everyday coping in Lebanon’s multi-dimensional crisis since 2020
Joseph P. Helou and Abel Polese
Biography
Joseph P. Helou is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs in the Department of Political and International Studies at the Lebanese American University. His research interests include informality, the political economy of state and informal governance, crisis politics, everyday practices, elites, sectarianism, plural societies, and the politics of the global south.
Abel Polese works at Dublin City University. His main research focus is informal governance in Asia, Africa and Latin America. He is also engaged in debates on open science and science management and is the author of The SCOPUS Diaries and the (il)logics of Academic Survival: A Short Guide to Design Your Own Strategy and Survive Bibliometrics, Conferences, and Unreal Expectations in Academia.
