Full Description
This book focuses on the economic, political, social, and cultural dynamics of street economies across the urban Global South. Although contestations over public space have a long history, Street Economies in the Urban Global South presents the argument that the recent conjuncture of neoliberal economic policies and unprecedented urban growth in the Global South has changed the equation. The detailed ethnographic accounts from postsocialist Vietnam to a struggling democracy in the Philippines, from the former command economies in Africa to previously authoritarian regimes in Latin America, focus on the experiences of often marginalised street workers who describe their projects and plans. The contributors to Street Economies in the Urban Global South highlight individual and collective resistance by street vendors to overcome numerous processes that exacerbate the marginality and disempowerment of street economy work.
Contents
1. Introduction: Street Economies in the Urban Global South Karen Tranberg Hansen, Walter E. Little, and B. Lynne Milgram
2. Rethinking the Public Realm: On Vending, Popular Protest, and Street Politics Ray Bromley
3. Twentieth-Century Government Attacks on Food Vendors in Kumasi, Ghana Gracia C. Clark
4. Where Have All the Vendors Gone? Redrawing Boundaries in Lusaka's Street Economy Karen Tranberg Hansen and Wilma S. Nchito
5. Taking the Street into the Market: The Politics of Space and Work in Baguio City, Philippines B. Lynne Milgram
6. Maya Street Vendors' Political Alliances and Economic Strategies in the Tourism Spectacle of Antigua, Guatemala Walter E. Little
7. The Politics of Urban Space among Street Vendors of Cusco, Peru Linda J. Seligmann
8. Appropriate Space? An Everyday Politics of Street Vendor Negotiations in Hanoi, Vietnam Sarah Turner
9. Veiled Racism in the Street Economy of Dakar's Chinatown in Senegal Suzanne Scheld and Lydia Siu
10. The World Cup 2010, "World Class Cities," and Street Vendors in South Africa Ilda Lindell, Maria Hedman, and Kyle-Nathan Verboomen
11. Street Economies in the Urban Global South: Where Are They Heading and Where Are We Heading? Florence E. Babb
