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The informal economy in Bangkok, Thailand, offers upward mobility but is fraught with risk. For members of the urban lower class, residence and occupation are closely inter-connected. Shifts in priorities in housing, occupation and education as family circumstances change affect the way they deploy their limited financial resources, while home fires and job lay-offs make it necessary for poor communities to accommodate frequent changes of residence and variations in production and consumption. People with limited resources are extremely sensitive to uncertainty. Living with Risk examines how lower class communities in the inner city and the urban fringe of Bangkok view their employment prospects and living conditions, and how they manage risk. The author draws on two case studies, one considering the situation of women who became self-employed after losing factory jobs during Thailand’s economic restructuring in the late 1990s, and the second a community displaced by a devastating fire. The book’s detailed examination of the dynamics of the informal economy makes a substantial contribution to the literature on development economics in urban areas.

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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. List of Tables
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. List of Figures
  2. p. ix
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  1. List of Photographs
  2. p. x
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  1. List of Abbreviations
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  1. Column Series, Measurements, Titles
  2. p. xii
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  1. Acknowledgements
  2. Tamaki Endo
  3. pp. xiii-xiv
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-7
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  1. Chapter 1: Rethinking the Urban Lower Class
  2. pp. 8-37
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  1. Chapter 2: Urban Poverty-Related Policy and Promotional Policies for the Informal Economy in Bangkok
  2. pp. 38-76
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  1. Chapter 3: The Case Study Communities: History and Living Conditions
  2. pp. 77-100
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  1. Column Series: People I Have Met in the Field
  2. pp. 101-104
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  1. Chapter 4: The Urban Lower Class and Their Occupations
  2. pp. 105-128
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  1. Column Series: People I Have Met in the Field
  2. pp. 129-132
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  1. Chapter 5: The Urban Lower Class and Their Residences
  2. pp. 133-153
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  1. Column Series: In the City
  2. pp. 154-156
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  1. Chapter 6: Encountering Risk: Fire and Reconstruction of Residence and Communities
  2. pp. 157-183
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  1. Column Series: In the City
  2. pp. 184-190
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  1. Chapter 7: Encountering Risk: Response of the Self-Employed to the Fire and Resulting Class Disparities
  2. pp. 191-216
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  1. Chapter 8: Encountering Risk: Layoffs and the Life Course of Female Workers
  2. pp. 217-250
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  1. Column Series: In the City
  2. pp. 251-253
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  1. Column Series: People I Have Met in the Field
  2. pp. 254-256
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  1. Chapter 9: Occupational and Class Mobility of the Urban Lower Class: The Path of “Upward Mobility”
  2. pp. 257-275
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  1. Column Series: People I Have Met in the Field
  2. pp. 276-278
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  1. Conclusion
  2. pp. 279-289
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  1. Appendices
  2. pp. 290-308
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 309-324
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 325-334
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  1. Kyoto Series
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  1. Images
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