List of Figures and Tables ix About the...

List of Figures and Tables	ix
About the Editors	xiii
About the Contributors	xv
Foreword: By Richard Freeman	xix
Acknowledgements	xxi
Introduction
From Informality and Formality to In\|formality: Troubling Absolutism in Policymaking
Joanna Mason, E. Lianne Visser, Lindsey Garner-Knapp and Tamara Mulherin	3
Setting the Stage of Informality
Chapter 1 ‘Knowing’ the System: Public Administration and Informality during COVID-19
Claire Bynner	23
Chapter 2 The Informal Work of Policy Maintenance: Making Space for Local Knowledge in Indian Rural Electricity Governance
Meera Sudhakar	39
Informal Practices and Ethnomethodology
Chapter 3 Mastering Informality in Diplomacy
Kristin Anabel Eggeling and Larissa Versloot	53
Chapter 4 Bureaucratic Hustling and Knowledge Shuffling – Informality within Swiss Public Administration
Lisa Marie Borrelli	67
Chapter 5 Catching Up with Catching Up: Collaborative Policy Work, In\|formality and Connective Talk
E. Lianne Visser	81
Methods to Study Informality
Chapter 6 Visualising Informal Repair: Exploring Photographic ‘Routines’ in Ethnographic Methodology
Neha Mungekar	97
Chapter 7 Traceless Transitions: Studying the Role of Drawings and Gestures in Construction Project Meetings
Evelijn Martinius	113
Chapter 8 Vehicles of In\|formality – The Role of the Car as a Mobile Space of Policy and Relational Work
Tamara Mulherin	127
Concluding Thoughts
Chapter 9 Tracing Threads of In/Visibilities: The Knotty Mattering of Policymaking
Lindsey Garner-Knapp and Joanna Mason	147
Chapter 10 Dénouement: Why the How Comes to Matter
Tamara Mulherin and Lindsey Garner-Knapp	163
Afterword
Afterword: Reflecting on In\|formality
Peregrine Schwartz-Shea and Dvora Yanow	177
Index	193

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List of Figures and Tables	ix
About the Editors	xiii
About the Contributors	xv
Foreword: By Richard Freeman	xix
Acknowledgements	xxi
Introduction
From Informality and Formality to In\|formality: Troubling Absolutism in Policymaking
Joanna Mason, E. Lianne Visser, Lindsey Garner-Knapp and Tamara Mulherin	3
Setting the Stage of Informality
Chapter 1 ‘Knowing’ the System: Public Administration and Informality during COVID-19
Claire Bynner	23
Chapter 2 The Informal Work of Policy Maintenance: Making Space for Local Knowledge in Indian Rural Electricity Governance
Meera Sudhakar	39
Informal Practices and Ethnomethodology
Chapter 3 Mastering Informality in Diplomacy
Kristin Anabel Eggeling and Larissa Versloot	53
Chapter 4 Bureaucratic Hustling and Knowledge Shuffling – Informality within Swiss Public Administration
Lisa Marie Borrelli	67
Chapter 5 Catching Up with Catching Up: Collaborative Policy Work, In\|formality and Connective Talk
E. Lianne Visser	81
Methods to Study Informality
Chapter 6 Visualising Informal Repair: Exploring Photographic ‘Routines’ in Ethnographic Methodology
Neha Mungekar	97
Chapter 7 Traceless Transitions: Studying the Role of Drawings and Gestures in Construction Project Meetings
Evelijn Martinius	113
Chapter 8 Vehicles of In\|formality – The Role of the Car as a Mobile Space of Policy and Relational Work
Tamara Mulherin	127
Concluding Thoughts
Chapter 9 Tracing Threads of In/Visibilities: The Knotty Mattering of Policymaking
Lindsey Garner-Knapp and Joanna Mason	147
Chapter 10 Dénouement: Why the How Comes to Matter
Tamara Mulherin and Lindsey Garner-Knapp	163
Afterword
Afterword: Reflecting on In\|formality
Peregrine Schwartz-Shea and Dvora Yanow	177
Index	193

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