05188nam 2200697 450 991080709920332120200520144314.01-920596-17-8(CKB)3710000000576664(EBL)4335200(MiAaPQ)EBC4335200(OCoLC)936202330(MdBmJHUP)muse52321(Au-PeEL)EBL4335200(CaPaEBR)ebr11150059(CaONFJC)MIL889779(PPN)193663988(EXLCZ)99371000000057666420160222d2015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierMean streets migration, xenophobia and informality in South Africa /edited by Jonathan Crush, Abel Chikanda and Caroline Skinner[Cape Town] :Southern African Migration Programme (SAMP) :African Centre for Cities :International Development Research Centre,2015.1 online resource (301 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-920596-11-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 VIOLENCETYPOLOGIES 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 TOWNSHIPMETHODOLOGYINSIDER-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 JohannesburgINTRODUCTIONCHINESE 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 SHOPSARTISANS, 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 AfricaINTRODUCTIONImmigrantsSouth AfricaEconomic conditionsXenophobiaSouth AfricaStreet vendorsSouth AfricaPeddlersSouth AfricaInformal sector (Economics)South AfricaEntrepreneurshipSouth AfricaImmigrantsEconomic conditions.XenophobiaStreet vendorsPeddlersInformal sector (Economics)EntrepreneurshipCrush Jonathan1953-Chikanda AbelSkinner CarolineSouthern African Migration Project,University of Cape Town.African Centre for Cities,International Development Research Centre (Canada),MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807099203321Mean streets4116351UNINA