Street life as labour: The work, labour and economic life of Accra's street children
Author:   Phil Mizen ,  Yaw Ofosu-Kusi
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
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9781529205329


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   01 January 2023
Format:   Paperback
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Street life as labour: The work, labour and economic life of Accra's street children


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Drawing from the stories of survival within the cities of the Global South like Accra, Ghana, this book sheds light on the extraordinary resolve of street and working children and redefines the street as a resource on which they build their lives.

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Author:   Phil Mizen ,  Yaw Ofosu-Kusi
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Bristol University Press
ISBN:  

9781529205329


ISBN 10:   1529205328
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   01 January 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you.

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Introduction; Street Life as Labour: Dispossession, Exclusion and Vulnerability; Informal Urban Childhoods: Street Children and the Informal Economy; Researching Children Living and Working on the Streets of Accra; No Longer Able to be Dependent: Children Head for Work on Accra’s Streets; Finding A Way Through a Horizontal World: Street Children Seek Paid Work in the Informal Economy; Beck and Call Workers: Working as a Street Child at the Bottom of the Informal Economy; Street Labour as Life: Surviving on Virtually Nothing; Sources of Support and Solidarity: How Street Children Help Themselves and One Another; Conclusion.

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