Africa's Informal Workers - Collective Agency, Alliances and Transnational Organizing in Urban Africa (Hardcover)

Part of the groundbreaking Africa Now series, Africa's Informal Workers explores the deepening processes of informalization and casualization of work that are changing livelihood opportunities and conditions in Africa and beyond. In doing so, the book addresses the collectively organized responses to these changes, presenting them as an important dimension of the contemporary politics of informality in Africa. It goes beyond the usual focus on household 'coping strategies' and individual forms of agency, by 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 organised actors, reflecting the great diversity of interests in the informal economy. This provides grounds for tensions but also opportunities for alliance. The book also explores the novel trend of transnational organizing by informal workers, gathering case studies from nine countries and cities across Sub-Saharan Africa, and from sectors ranging from urban informal vending and service delivery, to informal manufacturing, casual port work and cross-border trade.Africa's Informal Workers is a vigorous and timely examination of the changes in African livelihoods caused by deep and ongoing economic, political and social transformations.

General

Imprint:	Zed Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Africa Now
Release date:	June 2010
First published:	April 2010
Contributors:	Gunilla Andrae • Bjorn Beckman • Alison Brown • Ebbe Prag • Ignasio Malizani Jimu • Michal Lyons • Owusu Boampong • Karen Tranberg Hansen • David Jordhus-Lier • Winnie Mitullah
Dimensions:	240 x 161 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Paper over boards
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-84813-451-5
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General
LSN:	1-84813-451-7
Barcode:	9781848134515

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