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Sep. 2026  \nOutside the Law  \nAn Ethnographic Study Of Street Vendors In Bogotá  \nLund Studies in Sociology of Law 45 Ana Maria Vargas  \nOutside the Law  \nAn Ethnographic Study of Street Vendors in Bogotá  \nAna Maria Vargas  \nCover art by Camila Andrea Vargas Falla  \nCopyright Ana Maria Vargas  \nFaculty of Social Sciences | Department of Sociology of Law | Lund University Facultà di Giurisprudenza | Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche | University of Milan“Renato Treves” International PhD Program in Law and Society  \nISBN 978-91-7623-804-2 ISSN 1403-7246  \nPrinted in Sweden by Media-Tryck, Lund University Lund 2016  \nContent  \nAcknowledgements ........................................................................................................................ 5  \nAbstract .......................................................................................................................................... 7  \nResumen ........................................................................................................................................ 9  \n1. Introduction............................................................................................................................. 11  \nWhy Street Vendors?............................................................................................................... 14  \nPrevious Studies ...................................................................................................................... 17  \nWell-Being of Street Vendors.................................................................................................. 31  \nAims and Research Questions ................................................................................................. 33  \nWhich Streets? The Sites of this Ethnography ........................................................................ 34  \nScope and Delimitations ......................................................................................................... 35  \n2. Theoretical Considerations ...................................................................................................... 37  \nThe Role of Theory in Ethnography ....................................................................................... 37  \nThe Concept of Social Control ............................................................................................... 43  \nNot Everything is about Social Control .............","cbCaijKES9cEzV5k","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijKES9cEzV5k","pdf",13000056,282,"English","# Acknowledgements\n# Abstract\n# Resumen\n# Introduction\n## Why Street Vendors?\n## Previous Studies\n## Well-Being of Street Vendors\n## Aims and Research Questions\n## Which Streets? The Sites of this Ethnography\n## Scope and Delimitations\n# Theoretical Considerations\n## The Role of Theory in Ethnography\n## The Concept of Social Control\n## Not Everything is about Social Control\n## Ethnography of Law\n# Methodology\n## Methodological Considerations\n## Multi-Sited Ethnography\n## Transcriptions and Analysis\n## Limitations of Ethnography\n## Ethical Considerations\n# Legal Culture of Colombia and the Regulation of Street Businesses\n## A Country of Contrasts and Beauty\n## Urbanization and Working Conditions\n## The Legal Culture of Colombia\n## Regulation of Street Businesses: Historical Perspective\n## The Legal Framework of Street Vendors\n# The Norm ofAcreditar\n## Accrediting a Spot","[{\"question\":\"What is the main focus of the study?\",\"answer\":\"The study investigates street vendors in Bogotá and analyzes how law, regulation, and everyday practices affect their work and wellbeing.\"},{\"question\":\"Which theoretical concepts guide the ethnography?\",\"answer\":\"The thesis emphasizes the role of theory in ethnography and uses concepts such as social control and ethnography of law.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the research conducted?\",\"answer\":\"The methodology relies on multi-sited ethnography, followed by transcriptions and analysis, with attention to limitations and ethical considerations.\"}]","Outside the Law - An Ethnographic Study of Street Vendors in Bogotá | PDF",711]