Tanzania's informal economy : the micro-politics of street vending / Alexis Malefakis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malefakis, Alexis, author.

Series:

Politics and society in urban Africa ; 2.

Politics and society in urban Africa ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enterprise zones--Tanzania.

Enterprise zones.

Street vendors--Tanzania.

Street vendors.

Vending stands--Tanzania.

Vending stands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages)

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2019.

Summary:

An in-depth study of street trading in Dar es Salaam, revealing the hidden dimensions of the city's thriving informal economy.

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 16, 2019).

ISBN:

9781350222854

1350222852

9781786994523

1786994526

OCLC:

1241540135