Defending illicit livelihoods: Youth resistance in harare's contested spaces

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-75

  Kamete, Amin Y ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contested spaces; Harare; Illicit livelihood; Informality; Planning; Police; Power; Resistance; Youth; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

OCCUPATION; POST-MODERNISM; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN SYSTEM;

HARARE [ZIMBABWE]; ZIMBABWE;

BOTHROPS ATROX; SALVIA;

EID: 77951243571     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2009.00854.x     Document Type: Article

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