Street Traders and the Emerging Spaces for Urban Voice and Citizenship in African Cities
Street Traders and the Emerging Spaces for Urban Voice and Citizenship in African Cities
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DOI：
10.1177/0042098009351187
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发表时间：
2010-03-01
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4.7
通讯作者：
Dankoco, Ibrahima
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作者：
Brown, Alison;Lyons, Michal;Dankoco, Ibrahima
随着非正规商业发展成为非洲城市的命脉，街头贸易-非正规经济中最大的子群体-已经成为一个可见但有争议的领域。然而，街头小贩的增加并没有伴随着他们作为公民的地位或他们的政治影响力的相应改善。本文首先讨论了理论辩论的意义上的“公民身份”和“声音”的街头商贩，然后探讨了贸易商协会的特点和影响力在四个案例研究国家：塞内加尔，加纳，坦桑尼亚和莱索托。综合作者2001年至2008年的研究结果，本文确定了正式和非正式贸易商组织的流动性，这些组织未能实现持久的影响。最后，本文讨论了城市政策的影响，主张一个更灵活的定义城市公民的权利和责任的基础上，基层协会的边缘化穷人的复杂性的理解。
As informal commerce has grown to become the lifeblood of African cities, street trade-among the largest sub-groups in the informal economy-has become a visible but contested domain. Yet the increase in street traders has not been accompanied by a corresponding improvement in their status as citizens or in their political influence. The paper first discusses the implications of theoretical debates on 'citizenship' and 'voice' for street traders and then explores characteristics of traders' associations and influence in four case study countries: Senegal, Ghana, Tanzania and Lesotho. Drawing together the authors' findings from research between 2001 and 2008, the paper identifies a fluidity of both formal and informal traders' organisations which fail to achieve lasting impact. Finally, the paper discusses urban policy implications, arguing for a more flexible definition of urban citizenship based on rights and responsibilities, and an understanding of the complexity of grassroots associations of the marginalised poor.