Enlarging the street and negotiating the curb: public space at the edge of an African market
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
ISSN: 0144-333X
Article publication date: 1 February 2000
Abstract
Outlines a case study detailing how a road enlargement project eliminated sidewalk selling space and restructured the edge of a major market in Dakar, Senegal. Explains how the crucial role of location for street and market trade to the fore, covering the ensuing negotiations which revealed powerful hierarchies based on gender, age and class. Shows how these shaped the process of duscussion and led to differential outcomes for individual traders.
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Citation
Bass, L.E. (2000), "Enlarging the street and negotiating the curb: public space at the edge of an African market", International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 20 No. 1/2, pp. 74-95. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443330010789089
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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