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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458867003321

Titolo

Africa's informal workers [[electronic resource] ] : collective agency, alliances and transnational organizing in urban Africa / / edited by Ilda Lindell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Zed Books, 2010

ISBN

1-84813-833-4

1-78032-653-X

1-282-57932-0

9786612579325

1-84813-453-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Africa now

Altri autori (Persone)

Lourenc̀§o-LindellIlda

Disciplina

330.9

331.096

Soggetti

Casual labor - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Informal sector (Economics) - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Electronic books.

Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic conditions

Africa, Sub-Saharan Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-225) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The political dynamics of collective organizing -- pt. 2. Constructing alliances : organizing across the formal-informal 'divide' -- pt. 3. International dimensions of organizing.

Sommario/riassunto

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 divers landscape of organized actors, providing g