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Author:   John Cross (Kent State University, USA) ,  Alfonso Morales (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   v. 66
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.720kg
ISBN:  

9780415770286

ISBN 10:   0415770289
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   10 May 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction: Locating Street Markets in the Modern/Postmodern World Part 1: Appropriating Space - Political and Social Regulation of Street Markets 2. Capitalism, Modernity and the 'Appropriate' Use of Space 3. Redefining Rules: A Market for Public Space in Caracas, Venezuela 4. Legal Responses to Sidewalk Vending: The Case of Los Angeles, California 5. Street Vendors at the Border: From Political Spectacle to Bureaucratic Iron Cage? 6. Street Vending in Urban India: The Struggle for Recognition 7. The Conflict between Street Vendors and Local Authorities: The Case of Market Traders in Ankara, Turkey 8. Pirates on the High Streets: The Street as a Site of Local Resistance to Globalization Part 2: Making the Sale: Strategies, Survival and Embeddedness 9. Trust in Markets: Economies of Regard and Spaces of Contestation in Alternative Food Networks 10. Institutional Perspectives on Understanding Street Vendor Behaviour and Networks: Cases from Ghana 11. Embeddedness and Business Strategies among Santiago Chile’s Street and Flea Market Vendors 12. Spaces of Conflict and Camaraderie: The Contradictory Logics of a Postsocialist Flea Market 13. Adaptability and Survival: A Case Study of Street Vendor Responses to Famine Conditions in Ethiopia, 1999 14. The Dynamics of New Zealand’s Largest Street Market: The Otara Flea Market 15. Conclusion: Law, Deviance and Defining Vendors and Vending

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John Cross is at the University of Texas Pan-American, USA Alfonso Morales is at the University of Wisconsin, USA

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