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Ambiguities of xenophobia in a border town: inner city informal traders and Ekasi shopkeepers in the city of East London, South Africa

Teresa Connor, +1 more
- 24 Aug 2020 - 
- Vol. 38, Iss: 2, pp 257-273
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This article explored the livelihoods, experiences and identities of immigrant informal traders and shopkeepers in the Buffalo City metropolitan area, which encompasses the centres of East London, Md. and New York City.
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This paper explores the livelihoods, experiences and identities of immigrant informal traders and shopkeepers in the Buffalo City Metropolitan area, which encompasses the centres of East London, Md...

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Class, Race, and Inequality in South Africa

TL;DR: Seekings and Nattrass as mentioned in this paper present an immense amount of quantitative and qualitative information regarding inequality in South Africa during the apartheid and post-apartheid periods, concluding that there was a significant redistribution of income by the state to poorer sections of the population.
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Swimming Against the Tide: Young Informal Traders’ Survival Strategies in a Competitive Business Environment in Zimbabwe:

TL;DR: Informal trading in the town of Bindura, Zimbabwe is a competitive venture just like in other parts of the world as discussed by the authors, characterized by young traders aged 18 to 24 years being elb...
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Informal Street Vending: A Systematic Review

Nastaran Peimani, +1 more
- 01 Jun 2022 - 
TL;DR: A review of the related literature can be found in this article , which is structured into eight key themes, including gender, typology/types, spatiality of street vending and public space design, health and well-being, individual/collective agency, policy environment, use of technology, and links to other forms of informality.
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Order without law : how neighbors settle disputes

TL;DR: Shasta County and its Cattle Industry as mentioned in this paper The Politics of Cattle Trespass 3. Disputes Arising out of Highway Collisions Involving Livestock 6. A Theory of Norms 7. Shortcomings of current Theories of Social Control 9. The Puzzle of Cooperation 10. A Hypothesis of Welfare-Maximizing Norms 11. Substantive Norms: Of Bees, Cattle, and Whales
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Order without law

TL;DR: Shasta County and its Cattle Industry as mentioned in this paper The Politics of Cattle Trespass 3. Disputes Arising out of Highway Collisions Involving Livestock 6. A Theory of Norms 7. Shortcomings of current Theories of Social Control 9. The Puzzle of Cooperation 10. A Hypothesis of Welfare-Maximizing Norms 11. Substantive Norms: Of Bees, Cattle, and Whales
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Slumdog Cities: Rethinking Subaltern Urbanism

TL;DR: The article is concerned with a formation of ideas - "subaltern urbanism" - which undertakes the theorization of the megacity and its subaltern spaces and subaltern classes, and highlights emergent analytical strategies that transcend the familiar metonyms of underdevelopment.
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Class, Race, and Inequality in South Africa

TL;DR: Seekings and Nattrass as mentioned in this paper present an immense amount of quantitative and qualitative information regarding inequality in South Africa during the apartheid and post-apartheid periods, concluding that there was a significant redistribution of income by the state to poorer sections of the population.