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The hospitality and tourism sector is a large and rapidly expanding
industry worldwide, and can rightfully be described as a vehicle of
globalisation. Hotels are among the cornerstones of the industry
often drawing workers from the most vulnerable segments of
multicultural labour markets, accommodating and entertaining
tourists and business travelers from around the world. This book
explores the organisation of work, worker identities and worker
strategies in hotel workplaces, as they are located in
heterogeneous labour markets being changed by processes of
globalisation. It uses an explicitly geographical approach to
understand how different groups of workers experience and respond
to challenges in the hospitality industry, and is based on recent
theoretical debates and empirical research on hotel workplaces in
cities as different as Oslo, Goa, London, Las Vegas and Toronto. A
multi-scalar analysis is taken where concrete worker bodies and
their physical, emotional and embodied labour are seen in relation
to, among other aspects: the regulation of national and regional
labour markets, city governments with global city ambitions, and
global corporate actors and labour migration patterns. The book
sheds light on the hotel workplace as a hierarchical and fragmented
social space as well as addressing questions on worker mobility,
the fragmentation of work, scales of organisation and how workers
can help shape the regulation of their industry. This timely volume
brings together contributions from international academics and is
valuable reading for all those interested in hospitality, tourism,
human geography and globalisation.
The hospitality and tourism sector is a large and rapidly expanding
industry worldwide, and can rightfully be described as a vehicle of
globalisation. Hotels are among the cornerstones of the industry
often drawing workers from the most vulnerable segments of
multicultural labour markets, accommodating and entertaining
tourists and business travelers from around the world. This book
explores the organisation of work, worker identities and worker
strategies in hotel workplaces, as they are located in
heterogeneous labour markets being changed by processes of
globalisation. It uses an explicitly geographical approach to
understand how different groups of workers experience and respond
to challenges in the hospitality industry, and is based on recent
theoretical debates and empirical research on hotel workplaces in
cities as different as Oslo, Goa, London, Las Vegas and Toronto. A
multi-scalar analysis is taken where concrete worker bodies and
their physical, emotional and embodied labour are seen in relation
to, among other aspects: the regulation of national and regional
labour markets, city governments with global city ambitions, and
global corporate actors and labour migration patterns. The book
sheds light on the hotel workplace as a hierarchical and fragmented
social space as well as addressing questions on worker mobility,
the fragmentation of work, scales of organisation and how workers
can help shape the regulation of their industry. This timely volume
brings together contributions from international academics and is
valuable reading for all those interested in hospitality, tourism,
human geography and globalisation.
Seeing urban politics from the perspective of those who reside in
slums offers an important dimension to the study of urbanism in the
global South. Many people living in sub-standard conditions do not
have their rights as urban citizens recognised and realise that
they cannot rely on formal democratic channels or governance
structures. Through in-depth case studies and comparative research,
The Politics of Slums in the Global South: Urban Informality in
Brazil, India, South Africa and Peru integrates conceptual
discussions on urban political dynamics with empirical material
from research undertaken in Rio de Janeiro, Delhi, Chennai, Cape
Town, Durban and Lima. The chapters engage with the relevant
literature and present empirical material on urban governance and
cities in the South, housing policy for the urban poor, the
politics of knowledge and social mobilisation. Recent theories on
urban informality and subaltern urbanism are explored, and the
issue of popular participation in public interventions is
critically assessed. The book is aimed at a scholarly readership of
postgraduate students and researchers in development studies, urban
geography, political science, urban sociology and political
geography. It is also of great value to urban decision-makers and
practitioners.
Seeing urban politics from the perspective of those who reside in
slums offers an important dimension to the study of urbanism in the
global South. Many people living in sub-standard conditions do not
have their rights as urban citizens recognised and realise that
they cannot rely on formal democratic channels or governance
structures. Through in-depth case studies and comparative research,
The Politics of Slums in the Global South: Urban Informality in
Brazil, India, South Africa and Peru integrates conceptual
discussions on urban political dynamics with empirical material
from research undertaken in Rio de Janeiro, Delhi, Chennai, Cape
Town, Durban and Lima. The chapters engage with the relevant
literature and present empirical material on urban governance and
cities in the South, housing policy for the urban poor, the
politics of knowledge and social mobilisation. Recent theories on
urban informality and subaltern urbanism are explored, and the
issue of popular participation in public interventions is
critically assessed. The book is aimed at a scholarly readership of
postgraduate students and researchers in development studies, urban
geography, political science, urban sociology and political
geography. It is also of great value to urban decision-makers and
practitioners.
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.
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.
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