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Revanchist Urbanism Heads South: The Regulation of Indigenous Beggars and Street Vendors in Ecuador.Antipode Much of the discussion surrounding neoliberal urbanism has been empirically grounded in the North. This paper shifts the discussion south... Read More
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Of slime moulds and smart slums – Kolkata informal settlements and the tale of a failed canal reclamation projectEnvironment and Urbanization This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. Read More
Labour and Petty ProductionDevelopment and Change Abstract: One of many fracture zones in the right-less workforce is between wage labour, disguised wage labour (DWL) and petty commodity... Read More
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Integrating the Informal Economy in Urban Planning and Governance: A Case Study of the Process of Policy Development in Durban, South Africa Read More
