Moonlighting strangers met on the way: The nexus of informality and blue-collar sociality in Russia

The Informal Post-Socialist Economy: Embedded Practices and Livelihoods

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 51-66

  Morris, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84919540361     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203740545     Document Type: Chapter

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