ISBN:
019879424X
,
9780198794240
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 215 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
,
24 cm
Edition:
First edition
Series Statement:
Critical frontiers of theory, research, and policy in international development studies
DDC:
388.09678
Keywords:
Transportation
;
Transportation
;
Urban economics
;
Stadtverkehr
;
Öffentlicher Personennahverkehr
;
Privatisierung
;
Afrika
;
Daressalam
Abstract:
Taken for a ride: rethinking neoliberalism, precarious labour, and public transport from an African metropolis -- Public transport in Dar es Salaam: from state monopoly to neoliberalism (1970-2015) -- 'Life is war': capital and informal labour in bus public transport -- The politics of labour 1: the quiescent period (up to 1997) -- The politics of labour 2: struggling for rights at work (1997-2014) -- Tracing occupational mobility/immobility among informal transport workers -- The new face of neoliberalism: the bus rapid transit project in Tanzania (2002-16) -- Conclusion: taken for a ride
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-205) and index
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