baol », « kaw-kaw » – à travers l’intérêt accordé à la variété de leurs compétences, à la diversité de leurs parcours, aux identités sociales et professionnelles. L’ouvrage s’adresse notamment aux chercheurs en sciences sociales intéressés par les formes prises par la « mondialisation non hégémonique » dans le contexte africain et par la petite production marchande urbaine et ses évolutions récentes. At the crossroads of urban sociology and economic sociology, this book focuses on the competition unfolding in the urban space of Dakar between different categories of actors: groups of deterritorialized Chinese involved in trading activities, young local cobblers and street vendors. These actors of a globalization “from below”, who discreetly shape the public space, upset the hierarchical order imposed by the wage society, by participating in the constitution of new economic and social hierarchies and new relationships of power. This research is also an invitation to go beyond the usual clichés regarding these local economic actors (referred to by the derogatory terms “baol-baol”, “kaw-kaw”) by focusing on the variety of their skills, the diversity of their backgrounds and their social and professional identities. This book is intended for… |