As economic crises struck the Third World in the 1970s and 1980s, large segments of the population turned to the informal economy to survive. Though this phenomenon has previously been analyzed from a strictly economic point of view, this book looks at street vending in the largest city in the world, Mexico City, as a political process. Employing a street-level analysis based on intensive participant observation, with interviews, archival research, and surveys, the author presents a view of political processes that provides new theoretical insights into social movements, state institutions, and politics at the fringe of society, where legality blurs into illegality and the informal economy intersects with its political counterpoint--informal politics. By studying political processes at the street level and then tracing them up the political structure, the author also reveals the basic processes by which the Mexican state operates. Street vendors have been successful in defending their interests in Mexico City, the author argues, because they are able to take advantage of certain structural features of the Mexican state, notably the weak integration of interests between policy-makers and policy-implementers. The author shows that when well-organized, street vendors can collude with state policy-implementers even when state policy-makers are influenced by powerful interest groups, such as large national and multinational corporations. The book develops a systematic theory of the "political economy of economic informality" while raising new questions and theories about the state and social movements. Though the direct research is confined to the Mexican case study, the author suggests ways in which his conclusions can be applied to other developing areas in the Third World.
John C. Cross is a Visiting Scholar in Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.
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**(评论三)** 这本书的结构设计堪称一绝,它似乎有意避开了传统政治学著作的刻板布局,采用了多线索、多视角的叙事策略。这种跳跃性和关联性,一开始可能会让人略感不适,但一旦适应了作者的节奏,你会发现这种交织反而更能模拟真实世界中信息和事件的混杂状态。尤其值得称赞的是,作者似乎对不同地域和文化背景下的政治实践有着深刻的理解,他巧妙地在不同案例之间建立起跨越地理限制的比较性分析,揭示出人类在追求影响力时那些共通的、潜意识的策略。书中的图表和附录部分处理得也十分专业,既提供了坚实的实证支撑,又不会过度干扰主体阅读的流畅性。我甚至会将这本书推荐给那些认为政治学是“死知识”的人,因为它证明了理论可以如此鲜活、如此具有现实穿透力。
评分**(评论一)** 这本书的叙事手法简直是教科书级别的。作者对复杂议题的剖析,其深度和广度令人叹为观止。他没有采用那种高高在上的理论说教,而是将宏大的政治图景拆解成一个个生动的微观场景,让读者仿佛身临其境。尤其是关于权力运作的细致描摹,那种微妙的博弈和幕后的角力,被刻画得入木三分。我印象最深的是其中对某一特定社会群体如何利用非正式渠道达成政治诉求的分析,那种将日常行为与政治结果巧妙链接的方式,彻底颠覆了我原有的认知框架。阅读过程中,我时常需要停下来,反复琢磨那些精妙的比喻和恰到好处的引证,每一次回味都能带来新的感悟。这本书不仅仅是知识的传递,更像是一次思维的淬炼,它迫使你去质疑那些被视为理所当然的政治规范,去探寻隐藏在正式结构之下的真实驱动力。那种层层剥开迷雾,直抵核心的阅读体验,让人欲罢不能。
评分**(评论四)** 我最近读了很多关于体制和制度的书,大多着重于规则的制定与执行,而这本书的视角则完全不同,它聚焦于规则之外的“游戏”。作者在探讨“非正式”渠道时,所展现出的那种近乎人类学家般的细致观察力,令人印象深刻。他不仅描述了这些行为,更深入地剖析了支撑这些行为背后的社会信任网络、情感依赖以及资源交换机制。书中对特定群体内部“行规”的描述,简直是一部生动的社会心理学教材。我尤其欣赏作者在批判僵化体制的同时,并没有走向虚无主义,而是提供了一种更具建设性的视角,去理解社会变迁往往是如何通过这些“灰色地带”悄然发生的。这本书对于任何希望真正理解社会动力学的人来说,都是一份不可多得的指南。
评分**(评论五)** 对于一个长期关注公共政策的读者来说,这本书提供了一种急需的平衡视角。它将政治行为从抽象的宣言和白皮书中解放出来,重新置于真实的人际互动和社会环境中进行审视。作者的文字有一种强大的说服力,并非基于强硬的断言,而是源于无可辩驳的细节证据。例如,他对某个地方派系如何通过世代积累的私人关系网来影响资源分配的描述,细致到令人发指,让我不得不重新审视我们所信赖的“透明化”治理体系的局限性。这本书的价值在于,它迫使读者超越对理想政治图景的迷恋,去拥抱政治的复杂性、矛盾性和人性的多面性。这是一部需要反复研读的书,每一次重读都会发现新的层次和更深的含义。
评分**(评论二)** 老实说,我一开始对这类学术性较强的作品抱持着敬而远之的态度,担心晦涩难懂,但这本书彻底改变了我的看法。它的语言风格极为平易近人,充满了洞察力而非故作高深。作者的论证逻辑严密得像是精密的钟表,每一个环节都环环相扣,却又流畅得像讲故事一样引人入胜。我特别欣赏作者在引入案例时所展现出的那种人文关怀,他没有将研究对象工具化,而是赋予了他们鲜活的生命和复杂的动机。书中对于权力与日常生活交织点的捕捉尤其精准,那些看似无关紧要的私人互动,在作者的笔下,竟然成为了影响宏观决策的关键变量。读完后,我感觉自己对身边发生的许多社会现象的理解都提升了一个维度,不再满足于表面的新闻报道,而是开始追问背后的“为什么”和“如何”。这真是一次酣畅淋漓的精神洗礼。
评分recognize the political elements of those individuals in urban informality. state integration. street-level bureaucracy and implementation agency.
评分recognize the political elements of those individuals in urban informality. state integration. street-level bureaucracy and implementation agency.
评分recognize the political elements of those individuals in urban informality. state integration. street-level bureaucracy and implementation agency.
评分recognize the political elements of those individuals in urban informality. state integration. street-level bureaucracy and implementation agency.
评分recognize the political elements of those individuals in urban informality. state integration. street-level bureaucracy and implementation agency.
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