Brown, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4566-4700, Kafafy, Nezar and Hayder, Adnane 2017. Street trading in the shadows of the Arab Spring. Environment and Urbanization 29 (1) , pp. 283-298. 10.1177/0956247816673559 |
Preview |
PDF
- Accepted Post-Print Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives. Download (340kB) | Preview |
Abstract
This paper examines the Arab revolutions of 2011 in Tunisia and Egypt, and their impact on street traders in Tunis and Cairo. Drawing on the literatures on urban conflict and resilience, the paper argues that the authoritarian regimes that the revolutions deposed left a vacuum in governance in which street traders found it hard to profit from the idealism and opportunism of an emerging new order. Despite being hindered by their lack of organization and voice, and disruption to their trade during the revolutions, street traders displayed resilience through small-scale adaptations to their trade and absorbed newcomers into the sector in the face of political conflict.
Item Type: | Article |
---|---|
Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Geography and Planning (GEOPL) |
Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Arab Spring / community resilience / informal economy / street trade / urban violence |
Additional Information: | Released with a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND) |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications (UK and US) |
ISSN: | 0956-2478 |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 14 March 2017 |
Date of Acceptance: | 20 September 2016 |
Last Modified: | 15 Nov 2023 22:16 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/98963 |
Citation Data
Cited 8 times in Scopus. View in Scopus. Powered By Scopus® Data
Actions (repository staff only)
Edit Item |