Neoliberalism and labor displacement in Panama : contested public space and the disenfranchisement of street vendors
María Luisa Amado
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[2024]
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| Authors: | Amado, María Luisa |
| Publisher: |
Lanham : Lexington Books |
| Subject: | Ambulanter Handel | Itinerant trade | Informelle Wirtschaft | Informal economy | Panama |
| Description of contents: |
"This book examines the simultaneous increase of informal sector employment and decreasing access to space for people making a living in the Panamanian informal economy."
Table of Contents [gbv.de]
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| Extent: | xiv, 191 Seiten Illustrationen |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index Introduction: informal conversations -- Part I: concepts, patterns, and theories of informality -- Conceptualizing and understanding the informal economy -- Informality, inequality, and neoliberalism in Panama -- The double squeeze of neoliberal restructuring: street(less) vendors in the neoliberal city: a review of the literature -- Part II: street vendors in downtown Panama: neoliberalism and labor displacement -- Street market ethnography -- Narratives of work -- Dislodged and disowned -- Chronicle of the conflict -- Neoliberal hegemony and the discourse of embellishment -- The pandemic and its aftermath. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-6669-1894-6 ; 978-1-6669-1895-3 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480138