Joseph P. Helou is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs in the Department of Political and International Studies at the Lebanese American University. His research interests include informality, the political economy of state and informal governance, crisis politics, everyday practices, elites, sectarianism, plural societies, and the politics of the global south.Abel Polese works at Dublin City University. His main research focus is informal governance in Asia, Africa and Latin America. He is also engaged in debates on open science and science management and is the author of The SCOPUS Diaries and the (il)logics of Academic Survival: A Short Guide to Design Your Own Strategy and Survive Bibliometrics, Conferences, and Unreal Expectations in Academia.

• Introduction: Everyday informality and governance dynamics in crisis situations and beyond 1. Informality and survival in times of crises: The role of the Quadripartite security committee in wartime Beirut 2. Crises, labour market and informality in Brazil: The Covid-19 shock in the light of past dynamics 3. ‘Made in Kyrgyzstan is gold!’ The rise of the informal Kyrgyzstani apparel industry 4. Migrants in the throes of multiple crises: Fragmented state authority, informal networks and forced (im)mobilities in Libya 5. Speculating about the migration crisis: acting from above and below on the Canary Islands route 6. Informality and insecurity in the Sahel: Unravelling the hybrid political orders of Northern Mali and Northern Niger 7. There’s nothing more permanent than temporary solutions: The solar panel transition and everyday coping in Lebanon’s multi-dimensional crisis since 2020

Joseph P. Helou is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs in the Department of Political and International Studies at the Lebanese American University. His research interests include informality, the political economy of state and informal governance, crisis politics, everyday practices, elites, sectarianism, plural societies, and the politics of the global south.Abel Polese works at Dublin City University. His main research focus is informal governance in Asia, Africa and Latin America. He is also engaged in debates on open science and science management and is the author of The SCOPUS Diaries and the (il)logics of Academic Survival: A Short Guide to Design Your Own Strategy and Survive Bibliometrics, Conferences, and Unreal Expectations in Academia.

• Introduction: Everyday informality and governance dynamics in crisis situations and beyond 1. Informality and survival in times of crises: The role of the Quadripartite security committee in wartime Beirut 2. Crises, labour market and informality in Brazil: The Covid-19 shock in the light of past dynamics 3. ‘Made in Kyrgyzstan is gold!’ The rise of the informal Kyrgyzstani apparel industry 4. Migrants in the throes of multiple crises: Fragmented state authority, informal networks and forced (im)mobilities in Libya 5. Speculating about the migration crisis: acting from above and below on the Canary Islands route 6. Informality and insecurity in the Sahel: Unravelling the hybrid political orders of Northern Mali and Northern Niger 7. There’s nothing more permanent than temporary solutions: The solar panel transition and everyday coping in Lebanon’s multi-dimensional crisis since 2020

Joseph P. Helou is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs in the Department of Political and International Studies at the Lebanese American University. His research interests include informality, the political economy of state and informal governance, crisis politics, everyday practices, elites, sectarianism, plural societies, and the politics of the global south.Abel Polese works at Dublin City University. His main research focus is informal governance in Asia, Africa and Latin America. He is also engaged in debates on open science and science management and is the author of The SCOPUS Diaries and the (il)logics of Academic Survival: A Short Guide to Design Your Own Strategy and Survive Bibliometrics, Conferences, and Unreal Expectations in Academia.

• Introduction: Everyday informality and governance dynamics in crisis situations and beyond 1. Informality and survival in times of crises: The role of the Quadripartite security committee in wartime Beirut 2. Crises, labour market and informality in Brazil: The Covid-19 shock in the light of past dynamics 3. ‘Made in Kyrgyzstan is gold!’ The rise of the informal Kyrgyzstani apparel industry 4. Migrants in the throes of multiple crises: Fragmented state authority, informal networks and forced (im)mobilities in Libya 5. Speculating about the migration crisis: acting from above and below on the Canary Islands route 6. Informality and insecurity in the Sahel: Unravelling the hybrid political orders of Northern Mali and Northern Niger 7. There’s nothing more permanent than temporary solutions: The solar panel transition and everyday coping in Lebanon’s multi-dimensional crisis since 2020