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Organizing in the Informal Economy
ILO Publications 2003; US$ 5.00Provides an overview of the minibus taxi industry in South Africa and outlines the process of formalization that the industry has undergone since the mid-1990s. Investigates conditions of employment and examines the strategies of the South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) and the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU)... more...
Diversity and Groups
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008; US$ 128.99Diversity results from the constellation of individual traits, characteristics, identities, experiences, and knowledge that individuals bring to a group. This volume helps to promote research on diversity in groups by identifying and integrating various a more...
Street Entrepreneurs
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 160.00Addressing the current dearth of available literature on this topic, the editors use a range of international case studies to explore street vending and informal economies which continue to be, especially in developing countries, a vital economic driver. This volume collects essays from authors around the world about the markets and vendors they... more...
Downtown Ladies
University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 25.00The Caribbean “market woman” is ingrained in the popular imagination as the archetype of black womanhood in countries throughout the region. Challenging this stereotype and other outdated images of black women, Downtown Ladies offers a more complex picture by documenting the history of independent international traders—known as... more...
Street Vendors in the Global Urban Economy
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 120.00This volume looks at the living and working conditions of street vendors in different cities of the world. It examines the legal guidelines regarding control of public space and the rights of the working poor to earn their livelihood, and the civic authorities' constant regulation of this space. more...
Great Reclothing of Rural England
Continuum International Publishing 1984; US$ 140.00Margaret Spufford has written as detailed an account of the lives and activities of the chapmen as there is likely to be, given the widely-spread and fragmented evidence. She shows where and when they were active, and in particular their rise in the seventeenth century, their ranks and their typical careers, the variety of the cloths and other wares... more...
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