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Mean streets migration, xenophobia and informality in south africa edited by jonathan crush, abel chikanda, caroline skinner diasporas, development and governance edited by abel chikanda, jonathan crush, margaret waltonroberts. Dec 24, 2015 this book powerfully demonstrates that some of the most resourceful entrepreneurs in the south african informal economy are migrants and refugees. Mean streets oxford academic journals oxford university press. Mean streets migration, xenophobia and informality in south africa. Mean streets, migration, xenophobia and informality in. Jonathan crush is university research professor at wilfrid laurier university.

After completing his schooling at waterfordkamhlaba united world college in swaziland, he obtained his first degree at cambridge university and completed his m. Reading zimbabwe migration, diasporas and citizenship. Mean streets by jonathan crush overdrive rakuten overdrive. Commentaries and research reports on migration issues in southern africa. Mean streets migration, xenophobia and informality in south africa edited by jonathan crush abel chikanda caroline skinner. Mean streets migration, xenophobia and informality in south africa edited by jonathan crush abel chikanda.

Migration, xenophobia and informality in south africa 2015, ottawa. A case study of somali spaza shops in cape town, mean streets. Xenophobia informal economy against the backdrop of ongoing hostility towards migrant entrepreneurs in the corridors of power and on the streets of major cities, the partners in the growing informal cities project convened a policy workshop on migrant entrepreneurship in south africa, mozambique and zimbabwe in february 2014 in cape town. Migration, xenophobia and informality in south africa. Making south africa the largest recipient of immigrants on the african continent in 2019. Migration, xenophobia and informality in south africa draws attention to the fact that some of the most resourceful entrepreneurs in the south african informal economy are migrants and refugees, despite the dangers they face in trading on the streets. The book draws attention to what they bring to their adopted country through research into previously unexamined areas of migrant entrepreneurship. This book provides a wideranging analysis of the informal sector and migrant entrepreneurship in south africas cities. This paper examines issues of state policy responses to informality through the lens of street traders.

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Southern african migration project, the african centre for cities and the international development research centre cape town, south africa. Jul 28, 2016 in the global south informality constitutes one of the leading issues for urban policy makers. Mean streets jonathan crush, abel chikanda published by african books collective crush, jonathan and abel chikanda. Mean streets, migration, xenophobia and informality in south africa against the backdrop of ongoing hostility towards migrant entrepreneurs in the corridors of power and on the streets of major cities, the partners in the growing informal cities project convened a policy workshop on migrant entrepreneurship in sou. Migration, xenophobia and informality in south africa, edited by crush, jonathan, chikanda, abel, and skinner, caroline, 194 206. Migration, xenophobia and informality in south africa, which throw vast empirical light on what are sometimes considered saturated topics, is absolutely fundamental in critically engaging with how we talk and think about the economy, how policy gets made, and crucially, how we. Jonathan crush, abel chikanda and caroline skinner eds. Urban informality and migrant entrepreneurship in south africa. This book powerfully demonstrates that some of the most resourceful entrepreneurs in the south african informal economy are migrants and refugees. Southern african migration programme, the african centre for cities, international development research centre. Crush, jonathan 2015, the euacp migration and development relationship, migration and development, 4, 3954. Truth and reconciliation commission of south africa report of 1998, amnesty hearings.

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Migration, xenophobia, and informality in south africa samp, acc and idrc. Professor chikanda is the lead editor with jonathan crush and margaret waltonroberts of diasporas, development and governance springer, forthcoming, 2016 and coeditor with jonathan crush and caroline skinner of mean streets. Migration, xenophobia and informality in south africa, cape town. Migration, xenophobia and informality in south africa ottawa. Mean streets migration, xenophobia and informality in south. Kate dawson describes this as a landmark volume in the growing literature on african cities which brings into sharp focus the. Migration, xenophobia and informality in south africa crush, jonathan, chikanda, abel, skinner, caroline on. Migration, xenophobia and informality in south africa, edited by jonathan crush, abel chikanda and caroline skinner, powerfully demonstrates that some of the most resourceful entrepreneurs in the south african informal economy are migrants and refugees. Kate dawson describes this as a landmark volume in the growing l. On several occasions, other kinds of protests have spiralled into xenophobic attacks on migrant businesses. Migration, xenophobia and informality in south africa is an edited volume documenting various aspects of migrants involvement. Apr 19, 2016 for this reason alone, publications like mean streets. In south africa, the literature on migrant spaces has. Southern african migration programme samp, the african centre for cities acc and the international development research centre idrc.

This paper is a contribution to our understanding of the intertwined economic and political crises in zimbabwe and the crisis of xenophobia in south africa. Migration, xenophobia and informality in south africa cape town, southern african migration programme, 2015, 287 pp. Migration, xenophobia and informality in south africa jonathan crush. Border jumping and migration control in southern africa.

Yet far from being lauded, they take their life into their hands when they trade on south africa s mean streets. Jonathan crush, abel chikanda and caroline skinner eds, mean streets. The proportion of south africa s total population that is foreign born increased from 2. With unemployment rampant in the formal sector, the informal economy has emerged as a major source. Migration, xenophobia and entrepreneurship in south africa. Migration, xenophobia and informality in south africa november 2016 south african journal of international affairs ingrid palmary.