https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Dharavi https://booksandideas.net/Dharavi 2014-01-23T08:00:00Z text/html en Juliette Galonnier Society city India underground economy castes <p>Located in the heart of Bombay, the mega-slum of Dharavi is one of the largest in Asia. In a book combining various approaches, Saglio-Yatzimirsky analyzes the way Dharavi functions both spatially and economically, focusing on an unexpected paradox: characterized by an informal economy, this mega-slum is however well-connected to the national and international economic circuits.</p> https://booksandideas.net/A-Sociologist-in-the-Ghetto https://booksandideas.net/A-Sociologist-in-the-Ghetto 2011-04-11T09:02:00Z text/html en Jules Naudet Society United States of America poverty trust ghetto underground economy <span class="caps">FMSH</span> <p>After several years of field work in a Chicago black ghetto, sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh gives a lively and thorough analysis of the survival strategies of its inhabitants. Halfway between solidarity and predation, the underground economy of the ghetto relies as much on money as on networks built on trust and exchange.</p>