Owners of the sidewalk : security and survival in the informal city
Goldstein, Daniel M.
Owners of the sidewalk : security and survival in the informal city - London Duke University Press 2016 - xiv,334p. - Global insecurities Ed. by Catherine Bestman and Daniel M. Goldstein .
Contents
Prologue ix
Acknowledgements xiii
1. The Fire 1
2. Writing, Reality, Truth 10
3. Don Rafo 15
4. The Informal Economy 18
5. Nacho 25
6. The Bolivian Experiment 33
7. Meet the Press 42
8. The Colonial City: Cochabamba, 1574–1900 46
9. Conflicts of Interest 54
10. Decolonizing Ethnographic Research 58
11. A Visit to the Cancha 64
12. The Informal State 74
13. The Modern City: Cochabamba, 1900–1953 80
14. Market Space, Market Time 87
15. Carnaval in the Cancha 95
16. Security and Chaos 102
17. The Informal City: Cochabamba, 1953–2014 108
18. Convenios 117
19. Political Geography 122
20. Fieldwork in a Flash 131
21. Women's Work 139
22. Sovereignty and Security 148
23. Resisting Privatization 154
24. Don Silvio 161
25. Character 167
26. Exploitability 175
27. Market Men 182
28. Webs of Illegality 190
29. Men in Black 194
30. At Home in the Market 200
31. Owners of the Sidewalk 207
32. The Seminar 214
33. March of the Ambulantes 222
34. Complications 230
35. The Archive and the System 235
36. Goodbyes 240
37. Insecurity and Informality 246
Epilogue 252
Notes 257
References 293
Index 313
9780822360452
Nationalism
Markets--Government policy
Bolivia--Cochabamba
Informal sector (Economics)--Political aspects
381.1809 / GOL
Owners of the sidewalk : security and survival in the informal city - London Duke University Press 2016 - xiv,334p. - Global insecurities Ed. by Catherine Bestman and Daniel M. Goldstein .
Contents
Prologue ix
Acknowledgements xiii
1. The Fire 1
2. Writing, Reality, Truth 10
3. Don Rafo 15
4. The Informal Economy 18
5. Nacho 25
6. The Bolivian Experiment 33
7. Meet the Press 42
8. The Colonial City: Cochabamba, 1574–1900 46
9. Conflicts of Interest 54
10. Decolonizing Ethnographic Research 58
11. A Visit to the Cancha 64
12. The Informal State 74
13. The Modern City: Cochabamba, 1900–1953 80
14. Market Space, Market Time 87
15. Carnaval in the Cancha 95
16. Security and Chaos 102
17. The Informal City: Cochabamba, 1953–2014 108
18. Convenios 117
19. Political Geography 122
20. Fieldwork in a Flash 131
21. Women's Work 139
22. Sovereignty and Security 148
23. Resisting Privatization 154
24. Don Silvio 161
25. Character 167
26. Exploitability 175
27. Market Men 182
28. Webs of Illegality 190
29. Men in Black 194
30. At Home in the Market 200
31. Owners of the Sidewalk 207
32. The Seminar 214
33. March of the Ambulantes 222
34. Complications 230
35. The Archive and the System 235
36. Goodbyes 240
37. Insecurity and Informality 246
Epilogue 252
Notes 257
References 293
Index 313
9780822360452
Nationalism
Markets--Government policy
Bolivia--Cochabamba
Informal sector (Economics)--Political aspects
381.1809 / GOL