O TRABALHADOR INFORMAL NOS ÔNIBUS: uma das faces da questão urbana na Região Metropolitana de Belém/RMB

• Main Authors: Christiane Pimentel e Silva, João Paulo Gois Alves
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Maranhão 2008-01-01
• Series: Revista de Políticas Públicas
• Subjects: informality; subcontracts; flexibility
• Online Access: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=321127274008

The process of space occupation in the Brazilian ́s city of Belém metropolitan area occurred in unequal ways, following the different nature of the local production, segregating a great part of the population to the poorest or peripheral areas. The capitalist conditions of contemporaries ́ production have contributed for an increase of the informal work market, hat ends up submitting itself to the logic of the market. Considering the informal confusing city areas ́ occupation it was chosen to observe the ambulant workers in the buses, who occupy a flexible work environment.