My Account Log in

1 option

Power and informality in urban Africa : ethnographic perspectives / edited by Laura Stark and Annika Björnsdotter Teppo.

Bloomsbury Collections Available online

View online
Format:
Book
Contributor:
Stark, Laura, editor.
Teppo, Annika Björnsdotter, editor.
Bloomsbury (Firm)
Series:
Africa now (Zed Books)
Africa now
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Urbanization--Africa.
Urbanization.
Sociology, Urban.
Urban poor.
Urban policy.
Informal sector (Economics).
Africa.
Informal sector (Economics)--Africa.
Urban policy--Africa.
Urban poor--Africa.
Sociology, Urban--Africa.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Place of Publication:
London ; New York : Zed Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022.
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Examining Power and Informality in Urban Africa / Laura Stark & Annika Teppo
Hybrid governance in an impermanent mining settlement in Burkina Faso / Cristiano Lanzano
Artisanal gold mining and rapid urbanisation in Mali / Sidylamine Bagayoko
Migratory youth porters and metal scrap dealers in Accra / Esther Danso-Wiredu and Adjoa Afriyie
Women's neighbourhood vending as a survival strategy in Dar es Salaam / Tiina-Riitta Lappi
'If only they would see us as honest workers': Motorcycle taxi drivers' rights to livelihood in Kampala / Caroline Wamala-Larsson
Mobile phone theft, resale and violence in Dar es Salaam / Laura Stark
Youth, shelter, and liminal urbanism in Addis Ababa / Susanna Myllylä
Neighbourhood Open Spaces: Co-production and spatial transformation in Addis Ababa / Segen Tesfamarian, Elias Yitbarek Alemayehu and Laura Stark
From musseque to high-rise: Luanda's renewal in times of abundance and crisis / Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed February 1, 2022).
Other Format:
Print version: Power and informality in urban Africa
ISBN:
9781350237599
1350237590
9781786993472
1786993473
1786993465
9781786993465
Publisher Number:
99989830498
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.

My Account

Shelf Request an item Bookmarks Fines and fees Settings

Guides

Using the Library Catalog Using Articles+ Library Account