ABSTRACT
Through an international range of research, this volume examines how informal urban street markets facilitate the informal and formal economy not merely in terms of the traditional concerns of labor and consumption, but also in regards to cultural and spatial contingencies. In many places, street markets and their populace have been marginalized and devalued. At times, there are clear governance procedures that aim to prevent them, yet they continue to emerge in even in the most institutionalized societies. This book gives serious consideration to what these markets reveal about urban life in a time of globalized, rapid urbanization and flows of people, knowledge and goods.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|66 pages
Identity, Belonging, and Sociality
chapter 2|11 pages
“People Have to Find Their Own Way of Making a Living”
chapter 5|11 pages
Sounds of the Markets
part II|65 pages
Networks, Assemblages, and Territoriality
chapter 8|12 pages
On the Beach
chapter 9|10 pages
Pengpu Night Market
part III|39 pages
Service, Governance, and Policy