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Township Economy: People, Spaces and Practices

Township Economy provides a unique insight into township informal business and entrepreneurship. It is set in the post-apartheid period, in the third decade of Africas democracy and draws on evidence collected from 2010-2018 in 10 township sites, nine in South Africa and one in Namibia. The book focuses on micro-enterprises, the business strategies of township entrepreneurs and the impact of autonomous informal economic activities on urban life.

The book is unique in approach and content. It looks at spatial influences at various gradients, from the city-wide level, to objects, to invisible infrastructure. The analysis examines the influence of power as a tool to dominate and control and thus constraint inclusive opportunities. This captivating book will be of interest academic researchers, university students and specialists in business studies, urbanism, politics and socio-economic development. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 860g
  • Dimensions: 210 x 280mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Feb 2020
  • Publisher: HSRC Press
  • Publication City/Country: South Africa
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780796925770

About Andrew CharmanLeif PetersenThireshen Govender

Andrew Charman is sociologist and development specialist studying at the University of Cape Town and Cambridge where he obtained a PhD degree. Andrew has worked as a researcher a project manager and development practitioner on a range of projects across diverse settings in Southern Africa including rural areas and townships. In 2010 Andrew co-founded the Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation (SLF) (www.livelihoods.org.za) with the aim of contributing knowledge about how people were responding to development challenges through conducting research enabling participatory engagement and facilitating appropriate support. Leif Petersen has worked for the last 15 years in the field of South Africas township microenterprises and markets. As a co-founding director of the Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation NPC (SLF) he has presented a substantive body of academic commercial and mainstream reporting and presentations on township economy markets in particular market intelligence for sectors including Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) retailing supply chain development and market dynamics of grocery trading liquor retailing traditional medicine and informal manufacturing.Thireshen Govender is an architect practising and teaching in Johannesburg. Through the awarding of a Chevening Scholarship he further advanced his studies in Urban Design at The University College of London (Bartlett) in the United Kingdom. In 2008 he founded UrbanWorks Architecture & Urbanism a design-research studio to deepen knowledge on post-apartheid spatial practices in order develop innovative and responsive design strategies toward radical transformation in South African cities.

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