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TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH GEOGRAPHERS
Volume 43, Issue 2, Pages 230-244Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/tran.12217
Keywords
accumulation by dispossession; China; commons; informality; variegated capitalism; waste
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The paper contributes to the recent geographical debates on the connection between dispossession and informality. Existing scholarship recognises that informality is an integral part of capitalism. Arguments reinforcing the formal-informal dichotomy dominate research on processes of dispossession. Drawing on analyses of the struggle of waste recyclers in Beijing, this paper conceptualises informal activities in relation to circuits of capital. It contends that theories of dispossession need to be extended in order to analyse processes of enclosure in the informal economy. The conclusion discusses the potential of reconceptualising dispossession as a variegated process operating both outside and within the capitalist space.
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