Formalization as confinement in colonial Hong Kong

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dc.contributor.authorSmart, Alan
dc.contributor.authorSmart, Josephine
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-26T18:36:09Z
dc.date.available2016-09-26T18:36:09Z
dc.date.issued2016-08
dc.descriptionPresented at Canadian Anthropology Society annual conference. In press for the journal International Sociologyen_US
dc.description.abstractThe nature of informal economies is structured by conflict between governmental strategies of confinement, to places, times, and how things are done, and the transgression of these confines by informal actors in pursuit of survival or advantage. We examine the influential development program of formalization in the context of these conflicts. Informality can be formalized in two ways, by eradication and by regularization. Building on our past ethnographic research on informality, we use released confidential Hong Kong colonial government documents to explore the informal discussions among policy makers about how to respond to informal practices, and how their understanding of street vendors influences their chose of confinement strategies. While insisting on eradication for squatters, various forms of regularization were attempted for street vendors.en_US
dc.description.grantingagencySocial Sciences and Humanities Research Councilen_US
dc.description.refereedYesen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/10085
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/51594
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisher.departmentAnthropology and Archaeologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.hasversionPre-print
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.subjectInformalityen_US
dc.subjectformalizationen_US
dc.subjectHong Kongen_US
dc.titleFormalization as confinement in colonial Hong Kongen_US
dc.typejournal article
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