Producing and contesting the formal/informal divide: Regulating street hawking in Delhi, India
Producing and contesting the formal/informal divide: Regulating street hawking in Delhi, India
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正式/非正式分歧的产生和争论：印度德里街头叫卖的监管
DOI：
10.1177/0042098013510566
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发表时间：
2014
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影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
Seth Schindler
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作者：
Seth Schindler
有一种共识是，印度的城市发展计划与其起源时经过深思熟虑的计划几乎没有相似之处，正式/非正式之间的界限往往是模糊的。我试图通过展示如何，尽管努力实施监管计划，街头小贩在德里仍然是高度非正式的，并在一个国家的谈判（非）永久性的文献作出贡献。我比较了最近两次街头小贩使用公共空间的冲突，这表明权力分散在一系列场所，并取决于一些国家和非国家行为者。我认为，先入为主的观念“正式”和“非正式”是没有什么价值的理解城市的进程，而是有必要了解正式/非正式之间的边界是如何产生和争议的法律和通过日常的执法和规避/颠覆的做法。
There is a consensus that urban development schemes in India bear little resemblance to the well-thought-out plans of their genesis, and that the boundary between formal/informal is often blurry. I seek to contribute to this literature by showing how, in spite of efforts to implement a regulatory scheme, street hawking in Delhi remains highly informal and in a state of negotiated (im)permanence. I compare two recent conflicts over street hawkers’ use of public space, which demonstrate that power is dispersed across a range of sites and rests with a number of state and non-state actors. I argue that preconceived notions of ‘formality’ and ‘informality’ are of little value in understanding urban processes, and instead it is necessary to understand how the boundary between formal/informal is produced and contested both juridically and through everyday practices of enforcement and evasion/subversion.