MIGRANTS IN THE ITALIAN UNDERGROUND ECONOMY

QUASSOLI, FABIO

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH, n.º 2/1999, pág. 212

1. Introduction. 2. Some analytical distinctions.3. The main characteristics of the italian undergroundeconomy. 4. The role of migrants in fordist and postfordistsociety. 5. The main characteristics of migrant flows towardItaly. 6. Migrants in the italian economy. 7. Institutionalframeworks: immigration laws and the institutional creationof large numbers of undocumented migrants. 8. The mobileborders between informal and illegal activities. 9. Conclusion.