Megközelítések az informalitás vizsgálatához
Approaches to Studying Informality

Summary/Abstract: This study discusses the theoretical aspects of informality and the frameworks examined by different scientific fields, and the place of the most important eras and trends of the phenomenon in the social sciences (economic sociology, economic anthropology, informal economy studies, communist studies, post-communist studies, urban studies, etc.), in addition to the results of the Hungarian literature and related research in Szeklerland. On the one hand, it makes an attempt to systematise the already existing knowledge of informality, and on the other hand, it deals with the theoretical questions of the phenomenon itself, particularly related to the findings related to the social and sociocultural factors of informality. The purpose of this is to replace the informal economy, which occupies a dominant place in the literature, with cultural life, the social sphere, education, everyday human relations, and information acquisition, etc., which is intensively present in the area of informality. In summary, this work wishes to summarise the already formulated characteristics of the phenomenon of informality and the combination of these characteristics. It offers a range of approaches and analysis options for those who want to investigate the phenomenon.

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