Africa's informal workers

Africa's Informal Workers is a vigorous examination of the informalization and casualization of work, which is changing livelihoods in Africa and beyond. Gathering cases from nine countries and cities across sub-Saharan Africa, and from a range of sectors, this volume goes beyond the usual focus...

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Gepubliceerd in: The Nordic Africa Institute and Zed Books (Bloomsbury) 2022
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description Africa's Informal Workers is a vigorous examination of the informalization and casualization of work, which is changing livelihoods in Africa and beyond. Gathering cases from nine countries and cities across sub-Saharan Africa, and from a range of sectors, this volume goes beyond the usual focus on household ‘coping strategies’ and individual agency, addressing the growing number of collective organizations through which informal workers make themselves visible and articulate their demands and interests. The emerging picture is that of a highly diverse landscape of organized actors, providing grounds for tension but also opportunities for alliance. The collection examines attempts at organizing across the formal-informal work spheres, and explores the novel trend of transnational organizing by informal workers. Part of the ground-breaking Africa Now series, Africa’s Informal Workers is a timely exploration of deep, ongoing economic, political and social transformations.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-94353.22024-03-30T02:53:49Z Africa's informal workers Lindell, Ilda Africa south of Sahara; Urban areas; Economic conditions; Social change; Informal sector; Social movements; Trade unionism; Hidden economy; Livelihood; Survival strategies; Case studies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCF Labour / income economics thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa Africa's Informal Workers is a vigorous examination of the informalization and casualization of work, which is changing livelihoods in Africa and beyond. Gathering cases from nine countries and cities across sub-Saharan Africa, and from a range of sectors, this volume goes beyond the usual focus on household ‘coping strategies’ and individual agency, addressing the growing number of collective organizations through which informal workers make themselves visible and articulate their demands and interests. The emerging picture is that of a highly diverse landscape of organized actors, providing grounds for tension but also opportunities for alliance. The collection examines attempts at organizing across the formal-informal work spheres, and explores the novel trend of transnational organizing by informal workers. Part of the ground-breaking Africa Now series, Africa’s Informal Workers is a timely exploration of deep, ongoing economic, political and social transformations. Published 2022-11-30T23:20:48Z 2022-11-30T23:10:15Z 2022-11-30T23:20:48Z 2010 book 978-1-84813-452-2 978-1-84813-451-5 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/94353.2 eng Africa Now application/octet-stream Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://bloomsbury.com/9781848134522 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nai:diva-971 The Nordic Africa Institute and Zed Books (Bloomsbury) Zed Books 10.5040/9781350218192 10.5040/9781350218192 7ee4a7c6-060a-4f97-b274-d06b79c44563 978-1-84813-452-2 978-1-84813-451-5 Zed Books 238 Uppsala; London open access
spellingShingle Africa south of Sahara; Urban areas; Economic conditions; Social change; Informal sector; Social movements; Trade unionism; Hidden economy; Livelihood; Survival strategies; Case studies
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCF Labour / income economics
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Africa's informal workers
title Africa's informal workers
title_full Africa's informal workers
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topic Africa south of Sahara; Urban areas; Economic conditions; Social change; Informal sector; Social movements; Trade unionism; Hidden economy; Livelihood; Survival strategies; Case studies
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCF Labour / income economics
thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa
topic_facet Africa south of Sahara; Urban areas; Economic conditions; Social change; Informal sector; Social movements; Trade unionism; Hidden economy; Livelihood; Survival strategies; Case studies
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCF Labour / income economics
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