Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Informal Work in Hong Kong*

1992; Wiley; Volume: 16; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1468-2427.1992.tb00185.x

1468-2427

Yin-wah Chu,

Labor Movements and Unions

International Journal of Urban and Regional ResearchVolume 16, Issue 3 p. 420-441 Informal Work in Hong Kong* YIN WAH CHU, YIN WAH CHU Sociology Department, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USASearch for more papers by this author YIN WAH CHU, YIN WAH CHU Sociology Department, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USASearch for more papers by this author First published: September 1992 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.1992.tb00185.xCitations: 5 * I am indebted to Gary Hamilton, and especially to John Walton, for helping me to clarify my thoughts and to develop the arguments in this paper. I would also like to thank Diane Wolf for reminding me of the gendered nature of informal work, and the Journal's two anonymous reviewers for their most invaluable suggestions. The Sociology Department, University of Hong Kong, provided kind assistance at the early stages of this study. All errors and omissions are my sole responsibility. 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