Street Vending and the Right to the City

Amy Schoenecker (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

2026
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-99155-9 (ISBN)

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Through international examples and in-depth case studies comparing Chicago and Mumbai, this book demonstrates how street vendors blur the lines of in/formality through their resistance tactics, and fight for their rights to the city not only as economic agents, but as residents seeking urban belonging.

Street vendors often face disproportionate state violence not simply for their use of public space, but because of who they are as users of public space. Through a multi city comparison, Street Vending and the Right to the City demonstrates how vendors blur the lines of in/formality through their resistance tactics, and fight for their rights to the city not only as economic agents, but as residents seeking urban belonging. Given the state violence that people living and working informally face, claiming the right to exist in urban space, is indeed a radical act. Cities and states, from New York City to Uruguay, have begun to formalize street vending, with many advocates arguing for this approach, but this book highlights why formalization is not a cure. With international examples and an in-depth case study featuring a comparison of Chicago and Mumbai, chapters explore how urban informalities are produced and offer perspectives on roadblocks and pathways to gaining legitimacy. This book is essential for academics and students in urban planning, urban studies, anthropology, sociology, urban design, geography and political science, as well as practitioners and policymakers.

Amy Schoenecker is an Assistant Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of Hartford.

Series Editor’s Introduction

Introduction: The Politics of Street Vending

1: Street Vending in Global Context

2: Placing the Cities

3: Governing the Informal: The View from City Hall

4: On Formalization

5: Claiming the Right to the City

6: On Precarity

Conclusion: Street Vending, and the Right to the City: Where Next?

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.3.2026
Reihe/Serie	Rights to the City
Zusatzinfo	8 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 26 Halftones, black and white; 28 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	1-032-99155-0 / 1032991550
ISBN-13	978-1-032-99155-9 / 9781032991559
Zustand	Neuware