Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/63313 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Research Paper No. 2005/11
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
The following essay has three parts. The first is a story about fluctuations in the balance of the relationship between impersonal and personal principles of social organization. This draws heavily on Max Weber’s interpretation of western history. The second part reviews the concept of an ‘informal economy/sector’ from its origin in discussions of the Third World urban poor to its present status as a universal feature of economy. The third part asks how we might conceive of combining the formal/informal pair with a view to promoting development. In conclusion I suggest how partnerships between bureaucracy and the people might be made more equal.
Subjects: 
social organization
development
bureaucracy
democracy
JEL: 
E26
O17
K11
B15
ISBN: 
9291906905
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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