Street Traders and “Good Officers”: Crackdowns as a Relational Form of Urban Governance in Nairobi
In central Nairobi, crackdowns on illegal street trading by officers from the local authorities are a daily occurrence. Based on an ethnographic study of encounters between street traders and officers during crackdown operations in and around the Nairobi CBD, this article argues that crackdowns work...
Main Author: | Brigitte Dragsted-Mutengwa |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Journal of Urban Research
2018-03-01
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Series: | Articulo: Journal of Urban Research |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/articulo/3391 |
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