Informality and Collective Organising: identities, alliances and transnational activism in Africa
Informality and Collective Organising: identities, alliances and transnational activism in Africa
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10.1080/01436591003711959
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2010-01-01
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Lindell, Ilda
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作者：
Lindell, Ilda
本文从“非正式工人”集体组织Vantage，对当代非正式经济政治的维度进行了概念性探索。探讨了非正式行动者的政治主体性和集体身份的形成。他们的组织和其他有组织的行为者之间的关系的重要性说明了与工会的新兴联盟的讨论。跨国规模的集体组织的“非正式工人”的解决。本文提出了一种分析方法，考虑到有组织的行为者的多样性，各种治理权力和各种空间尺度的社会斗争参与政治的非正式生计今天。这些思考是由非正规经济中所包含的相当大的社会和经济差异所告知的，并强调了行为者、立场、议程和身份的巨大多样性对于理解非正规性的复杂和偶然的政治的重要性。本文件的实例来自非洲大陆，但讨论的是与其他发展中区域相关的更广泛的趋势和理论辩论。
This paper is a conceptual exploration of the dimensions of the contemporary politics of informal economies, from the vantage point of collective organising by 'informal workers'. It inquires into the formation of the political subjectivities and collective identities of informal actors. The importance of the relations between their organisations and other organised actors is illustrated with a discussion of emerging alliances with trade unions. The transnational scales of collective organising by 'informal workers' are addressed. The paper suggests an analytical approach that takes account of the diversity of organised actors, of a variety of governing powers and of the various spatial scales of social struggle involved in the politics of informal livelihoods today. The reflections are informed by the considerable social and economic differentiation contained in informal economies and emphasise the importance of the great diversity of actors, positions, agendas and identities for understanding the complex and contingent politics of informality. Empirical illustrations are drawn from the African continent, but the discussions in the paper address wider trends and theoretical debates of relevance for other developing regions.