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<journal-id>2414-8938</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Academo (Asunción)]]></journal-title>
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<issn>2414-8938</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Americana ]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2414-89382019000100081</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.30545/academo.2019.ene-jun.9</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La dimensión socio-política de la informalidad económica en Paraguay. Explorando la cultura del incumplimiento]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The socio-political dimension of economic informality in Paraguay. Exploring the infringement culture]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Olmedo Colarte]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos Alejandro]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción  Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Americana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
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<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of Leeds  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>United Kingdom</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>6</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>81</fpage>
<lpage>87</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2414-89382019000100081&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2414-89382019000100081&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2414-89382019000100081&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Este artículo aborda el fenómeno de la economía informal en Paraguay. En tal sentido, pretende ampliar las fronteras teóricas del debate más allá de su análisis enfocado desde una óptica jurídico-normativa. Para ello, a partir de la revisión y análisis de la vasta literatura al respecto, el presente trabajo busca explorar la dimensión socio-política de la informalidad económica y sobre todo, la llamada 'cultura de la informalidad'. La cultura de la informalidad es especialmente problemática dado que ésta implica la normalización, a gran escala, de una conducta infractora percibida como natural. De hecho, a la falta de observancia de las normas jurídicas en grandes proporciones le subyace, implícitamente, un contundente mensaje de ilegitimidad de las instituciones políticas. Este artículo sugiere que, al momento de analizar el fenómeno de la economía subterránea, resulta menester adoptar un enfoque holístico capaz de abordar de manera sistémica las manifestaciones más complejas de la problemática sin detenerse en sus matices más superficiales. Esto, contribuiría a orientar las políticas públicas tendientes a promover la formalización de la economía paraguaya.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT This article engages with economic informality in Paraguay. In doing so, it is especially concerned with pushing forward the boundaries of the debate beyond the mainstream view of this phenomenon, namely, its legal and regulatory perspective. In this attempt, through a review and analysis of the existing literature the article aims to explore the socio-political dimension of economic informality and, specifically, the so-called 'infringement culture'. The infringement culture is problematic since it implies the normalization of an infringing conduct on a large-scale. Indeed, the non-observance of the law at a massive scale carries with it a strong message of political illegitimacy. Thus, this article suggests that when studying the 'underground economy' what is needed is a holistic approach capable of addressing this issue in greater depth without exhausting the analysis on the more superficial manifestations of it. This, in turn, would help guide policies designed to promote the formalization of the economy in Paraguay.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Economic informality]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[political illegitimacy]]></kwd>
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