Producing and contesting the formal/informal divide: Regulating street hawking in Delhi, India

Urban Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2596-2612

  Schindler, Seth ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asia; Delhi; geography; governance; livelihoods; street hawking; urban informality; urban politics; urbanization and developing countries

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SECTOR; PUBLIC SPACE; SELF EMPLOYMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POLITICS;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 84907143544     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013510566     Document Type: Article

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