Towards a Typology of Hybrid Formalities and Informalities
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Publication date: 2016-06-28
Polish Sociological Review 2016;194(2):139-154
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The basic premise of the paper is that the study of formal and informal processes has moved beyond the
formality-informality debate. Forms which may be termed as hybrid formalities and hybrid informalities are more
and more often encountered in the literature. However, these hybrid types are pretty much under construction, and
they occur in a rather disparate manner. So that, there is need of a systematic approach which would conceptualize
them within a broader typology. The paper advances such a typology of hybrid formalities and informalities. For
the sake of conceptual unity, these are drafted in the same theoretical framework—the structuralist perspective on
informal economy. Eventually, the systematization of this typology of hybrids leads to the formulation of some
general findings about the manner in which sociologists relate to formality and informality in general.