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DESCRIPTION: \n\nThe International Affairs Program invites you to a book ta
 lk with Assistant \nProfessor Douglas De Toledo Piza(Lafayette College) on
  his recent book \n/Beyond Informality/\, which explores how Chinese migra
 nts have reshaped \nborder economies. The talk will be followed by a discu
 ssion with Professors \nIl-Hyun Cho and Rebekah Pite. Join us for an engag
 ing conversation!\n\n \n\nAbstract:Chinese migrants are playing increasing
 ly large\, stratified roles in \nthe informal economies of South America. 
 One of the clearest examples of this \nphenomenon is in the region's large
 st informal economy of counterfeit and \nsmuggled goods\, spanning from Ci
 udad del Este\, the Paraguayan border city\, to \nSão Paulo\, Brazil's lar
 gest metropolis. Here\, Chinese vendors\, on the one \nhand\, are some of 
 the most marginalized workers facing a doubly difficult \nlandscape due to
  their precarious immigration status and their illegal \neconomic activiti
 es. They bear the brunt of working on the margins of the \nlaw\, and as a 
 result do not always reap the benefits of their own labor. A \ntransnation
 al elite of Chinese businesspeople\, on the other hand\, profits and \npro
 fiteers from the booming market. They leverage their economic\, social\, a
 nd \npolitical power to bend the law to their favor and get away with \nir
 regularities\, violations\, and criminal behavior. In Beyond Informality 
 \nDouglas de Toledo Piza reveals the complex ways these actors interact wi
 th \neach other\, and how the law shapes those interactions. He argues tha
 t \nstructural inequalities in the global economy push Chinese migrants to
  South \nAmerica\, while placing them\, surprisingly\, in positions to ove
 rhaul markets \nand tip the scales of deep-seated power structures in the 
 Global South.
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LOCATION:OCGE 107
SUMMARY:Beyond Informality: How Chinese Migrants Transformed a Border Econo
 my Book \nTalk
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