Mean streets : migration, xenophobia and informality in South Africa / / edited by Jonathan Crush, Abel Chikanda and Caroline Skinner

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807099203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Cape Town] : , : Southern African Migration Programme (SAMP) : , : African Centre for Cities : , : International Development Research Centre, , 2015
• ISBN: 1-920596-17-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
• Soggetti: Immigrants - South Africa - Economic conditions; Xenophobia - South Africa; Street vendors - South Africa; Peddlers - South Africa; Informal sector (Economics) - South Africa; Entrepreneurship - South Africa
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright page; Title page; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Contributors; List of Acronyms; Chapter One - Migrant Entrepreneurship and Informality in South African Cities; INTRODUCTION; ENTREPRENEURIAL MOBILITIES; HOSTILITY AND XENOPHOBIA; THE NATURE AND CONTRIBUTION OF MIGRANT BUSINESSES; MIGRANT BUSINESS STRATEGIES; POST-APARTHEID POLICY RESPONSES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter Two - Doing Business with Xenophobia; INTRODUCTION; A DANGEROUS CLIME; METHODOLOGY; CHRONOLOGY OF COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE; GEOGRAPHIES OF COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE; TYPOLOGIES OF COLLECTIVE VIOLENCEPRECIPITANTS OF COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE; OFFICIAL EVASIONS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter Three - Making an Area Hot: Interrupting Trade in an Ethnic Enclave in Johannesburg's Inner City; INTRODUCTION; POLICIES TOWARDS INFORMAL TRADING: APARTHEID AND BEFORE; POST-APARTHEID POLICY; OPERATION CLEANSWEEP; CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN JEPPE; ; OPERATION CLEANSWEEP AND MIGRANT ENTREPRENEURSHIP; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter Four - A Transnational Space of Business: The Informal Economy of Ivory Park, Johannesburg; INTRODUCTION; IVORY PARK: A POST-APARTHEID TOWNSHIP; METHODOLOGYINSIDER-OUTSIDER DYNAMICS; SURVIVALISTS AND ENTREPRENEURS; SPATIAL INFLUENCES ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP: TAXI RANKS; HOME-BASED SPAZA SHOPS; STREET HAWKERS; OPEN-AIR MICRO MANUFACTURERS; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Five - Resilience and Innovation: Migrant Spaza Shop Entrepreneurs in Soweto, Johannesburg; INTRODUCTION; METHODOLOGY; CHARACTERISTICS OF MIGRANT SPAZA SHOPS; SUCCESS OF MIGRANT ENTREPRENEURS; BUSINESS STRATEGIES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter Six - The Role of Economic Factors and Guanxi Networks in the Success of Chinese Shops in Johannesburg; INTRODUCTIONCHINESE MIGRATION TO SOUTH AFRICA; METHODOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF RESPONDENTS; GENERAL BUSINESS PROFILE; PERCEPTIONS AND OPINIONS OF BUSINESS CHALLENGES; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter Seven - On the Move: Cameroonian Migrants in Durban; INTRODUCTION; REASONS FOR MIGRATING TO SOUTH AFRICA; LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES; BUSINESS CHALLENGES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter Eight - Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Cape Town's Informal Economy; INTRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODS; CASUAL LABOUR LIVELIHOODS; HAWKING AND TRADING: STREET-SIDE STALLS TO SPAZA SHOPS; ARTISANS, WIREWORKERS AND ARTISTSHAIR SALONS AND HAIR BRAIDING; BUSINESS ROBBERIES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter Nine - The Role of Migrant Traders in Local Economies: A Case Study of Somali Spaza Shops in Cape Town; INTRODUCTION; METHODOLOGY; SOMALIS IN SOUTH AFRICA; SOMALI BUSINESS PRACTICES IN THE SPAZA MARKET; IMPACT ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPAZA SECTOR; SOUTH AFRICAN BENEFICIARIES OF SOMALI ENTREPRENEURSHIP; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Ten - The Role of Networks and Herd Behaviour in the Entrepreneurial Activity and Success of African Migrants in South Africa; INTRODUCTION