Tanzania's informal economy : the micro-politics of street vending /
An in-depth study of street trading in Dar es Salaam, revealing the hidden dimensions of the city's thriving informal economy.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London, England :
Zed Books,
2019.
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| Series: | Politics and society in urban Africa ;
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of 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
- 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
- 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