Traders Versus The State

Gracia Clark

Introduction 1. "From the Field to the Cooking Pot": Economic Crisis and the Threat to Marketers in Peru 2. "Hard Work" and Informal Sector Trade in Tanzania 3. Price Control of Local Foodstuffs in Kumasi, Ghana, 1979 4. Why the Women Went to War: Women and Wealth in Ondo Town, Southwestern Nigeria 5. How to Survive in Illegal Street Hawking in Hong Kong 6. Resistance to Relocation by Shopkeepers in a Hong Kong Squatter Area 7. Trader vs. Developer: The Market Relocation Issue in an Indian City 8. The Sexual Political Economy of Street Vending in Washington, D.C. 9. Overview: The Informal Economy and the State