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Taken for a ride : grounding neoliberalism, precarious labour, and public transport in an African metropolis / Matteo Rizzo.

Author/creator Rizzo, Matteo
Other author/creatorOxford University Press.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoOxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Descriptionxiii, 215 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Economics and Finance
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Subject(s)
Series Critical frontiers of theory, research, and policy in international development studies
Critical frontiers of theory, research, and policy in international development studies.
Contents Taken for a ride: rethinking neoliberalism, precarious labour, and public transport from an African metropolis -- Public transport in Dar es Salaam: from state monopoly to neoliberalism (1970-2015) -- 'Life is war': capital and informal labour in bus public transport -- The politics of labour 1: the quiescent period (up to 1997) -- The politics of labour 2: struggling for rights at work (1997-2014) -- Tracing occupational mobility/immobility among informal transport workers -- The new face of neoliberalism: the bus rapid transit project in Tanzania (2002-16) -- Conclusion: taken for a ride.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 187-205) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016962494
ISBN019879424X (hbk.)
ISBN9780198794240 (hbk.)
ISBN9780198839057 (pbk.)

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