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1 online resource |
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Politics and society in urban Africa ; 2
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Politics and society in urban Africa ; 2.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Cover; About the author; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Looking beyond the informal economy; Social theoretical foundations of the study; Sociality; Narrative; Spatial practice; Temporality; Chapter overview; 1. Street vending in Dar es Salaam; A brief history of struggle; After independence: resuming colonial policies; Street vendors in Dar es Salaam today: a desire for change; Ethnographic fieldwork with mobile street vendors; 2. Urban perspectives on rural pasts: a narrative of 'being Wayao' in Dar es Salaam; From the village to the kijiweni |
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Narrating Wayao-nessBeing Wayao in the city; 3. The micro-politics of sociality among Wayao street vendors; Sources of uchawi; Pinned down by 'dirty magic': the story of Rahim; On the flip-side of uchawi: replicating kinship-like relations; 4. Too familiar to trust: a paradox of social proximity; The case of the bank account; Theories of trust; Trust among self-organised workers; Opacity and trust; 5. The creative potential of shoe vending: practices and emerging sociality; 6. Carrying knowledge through the streets: old shoes as meaningful objects; The temporal organisation of Karume Market |
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Mapping shoes onto the streetsGrandmothers and city girls; Knowing how to act; 7. Sharing is daring: cooperation at the kijiweni; Sharing tools; Sharing profits; Practices of entrustment in the absence of trust; 8. Creating a market where there is none: the spatial practices of street vending; Finding your way through the streets; The rhythms of street vending; Talking to 'witches' and 'whites': categorising customers; Use the force: street vending with an attitude; The market as an epistemic landscape; Conclusion: Stuck in an extended present; Notes; References; Index |
Summary |
An in-depth study of street trading in Dar es Salaam, revealing the hidden dimensions of the city's thriving informal economy. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Enterprise zones -- Tanzania.
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Street vendors -- Tanzania.
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Vending stands -- Tanzania.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Commerce. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Marketing -- General. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Sales & Selling -- General. |
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Enterprise zones |
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Street vendors |
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Vending stands |
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Tanzania |
Other Form: |
Print version: Malefakis, Alexis. Tanzania's informal economy. London, UK : Zed Books Ltd, [2019] 178699450X 9781786994509 (OCoLC)1041007337 |
ISBN |
9781786994523 (electronic book) |
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1786994526 (electronic book) |
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9781786994530 (ePub ebook) |
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1786994534 |
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9781786994547 (Kindle ebook) |
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1786994542 |
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9781786994509 (hbk.) |
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