Informality and Casualization As Challenges to South Africa's Industrial Unionism
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African Studies Quarterly Volume 11, Issues 2 & 3 Spring 2010 Special Issue Between Exit and Voice: Informality and the Spaces of Popular Agency Guest Editor: Ilda Lindell Published by the Center for African Studies, University of Florida ISSN: 2152-2448 African Studies Quarterly Executive Staff R. Hunt Davis, Jr. - Editor-in-Chief Todd H. Leedy - Associate Editor Shylock Muyengwa - Managing Editor Corinna Greene - Production Editor Editorial Committee David Anastas Asmeret G. Mehari Robin Brooks Jessica Morey Leif J. Bullock Patricia Chilufya Mupeta Erin Bunting Jessica Musengezi Nicole C. D'Errico Timothy Nevin Cerian Gibbes George Njoroge John Hames Levy Odera Cara Hauck Levi C. Ofoe Claudia Hoffmann Gregory Parent Alison M. Ketter Noah I. Sims Ashley Leinweber Olekae Thakadu Aaron Majuta Erik Timmons Meredith Marten Jonathan Walz Genia Martinez Amanda Weibel Vincent D. Medjibe Andrea C. Wolf Advisory Board Adélékè Adéèko Andrew Lepp Ohio State University Kent State University Timothy Ajani Richard Marcus Fayetteville State University California State University, Long Beach Abubakar Alhassan Kelli Moore University of Idaho James Madison University John W. Arthur James T. 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Table of Contents Between Exit and Voice: Informality and the Spaces of Popular Agency – Introduction Ilda Lindell (1-11) Changing Youth Dynamics in Lusaka’s Informal Economy in the Context of Economic Liberalization Karen Tranberg Hansen (13-27) Between Neglect and Control: Questioning Partnerships and the Integration of Informal Actors in Public Solid Waste Management in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Baudouin Axel, Bjerkli Camilla, Yirgalem Habtemariam, and Zelalem Fenta Chekole (29-42) Gender Fictions and Gender Tensions Involving “Traditional” Asante Market Women Gracia Clark (43-66) Informality and Casualization as Challenges to South Africa’s Industrial Unionism: Manufacturing Workers in the East Rand/Ekurhuleni Region in the 1990s Franco Barchiesi (67-85) Informalization From Above, Informalization From Below: The Options for Organization Jan Theron (87-105) Employment Relationships and Organizing Strategies in the Informal Construction Sector Jill Wells and Arthur Jason (107-124) Book Reviews Adekeye Adebajo and Abdul Raufu Mustapha (eds). 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