Theme: Livelihoods

“Glocal” Movements: Place Struggles and Transnational Organizing by Informal Workers

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Durban Workers Unite to Defend Street Traders’ Livelihoods’

The Regularising State

This article discusses a form of informality widely prevalent in small and medium cities in Maharashtra, called gunthewari. It is an examination...

Promoting Occupational Safety and Health for Cambodian Entertainment Sector Workers

Abstract: Cambodia has developed booming textile, garment, tourism, and entertainment service industries since the mid-1990s. The 2007 global...

SEWU and Sikhula Tips on Organising Informal Workers

Rescaling the State, Restructuring Social Relations

Informalization from above, informalization from below: Options for organization

Trader associations and urban food systems in Ghana: Institutionalist approaches to understanding urban collective action

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Neither Seen Nor Heard: South Asia’s Millions of Home-based Workers

Home-based workers in South Asia number in the tens of millions and are essential to many industries, yet remain invisible and disregarded...

Articulating Growth in the Urban Spectrum