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Transport, Transgression and Politics in African Cities - The Rhythm of Chaos (Paperback)
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Transport, Transgression and Politics in African Cities - The Rhythm of Chaos (Paperback)
Series: Cities and Society
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This collection of field-based case-studies examines the role and
contributions of Africa's informal public transport (also referred
to as paratransit) to the production of city forms and urban
economies, as well as the voices, experiences, and survival tactics
of its poor and stigmatised workforce. With attention to the
question of what a micro-level analysis of the organisation and
politics of informal public transport in urbanizing Africa might
tell us about the precarious existence and agency of its informal
workforce, it explores the political and socio-economic conditions
of contemporary African cities, spanning from Nairobi and Dar es
Salaam to Harare, Cape Town, Kinshasa and Lagos. Mapping, analysing
and comparing the everyday experiences of informal transport
operators across the continent, this book sheds light on the
multiple challenges facing Africa's informal transport workers
today, as they negotiate the contours of city life, expand their
horizons of possibility and make the most of their time. It thus
offers directions for more effective policy response to urban
public transport, which is changing fundamentally and rapidly in
light of neoliberal urban planning strategies and 'World Class'
city ambitions.
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