Petty commodity production and underdevelopment: The case of pedlars and trishaw riders in Ujung Pandang, Indonesia

Forbes, Dean

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“…As urban planning was modelled increasingly upon North American lines, the operations of street traders were 'an unfortunate embarrassment' (Bromley, 1982: 73) from a planning perspective. Beyond the context of Latin America, similar negative or 'antagonistic' (Becker et ah 1986: 188) attitudes were prevalent in the mind-set of officials in many parts of developing Asia and Africa (McGee, 1974;Mihalyi, 1975;McGee & Yeung, 1977;Forbes, 1979Forbes, , 1981Gilbert & Gugler, 1982;Becker et al, 1986;Drakakis-Smith, 1987;Linn. 1987;Tinker, 1987), not least in urban South Africa (Rogerson & Beavon, 1985;Nattrass, 1987;Rogerson, 1988).…”

Section: Changing Attitudes Towards Street Tradersmentioning

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Hawkers in South Africa's small urban centres: Planning and policy

Hart

Rogerson

1989

Development Southern Africa

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The development of strategies for the 'appropriate management' of urban growth applies with equal force to small and to large urban centres. In this paper one key aspect in the evolution of appropriate management strategies in South Africa's smaller urban centres is addressed, namely the policy attitudes and practices towards hawkers. Against a background review of the international experience of changing attitudes towards street traders, empirical material is presented on local policies and planning regarding hawkers in a cross-section of South Africa's smaller urban centres. Although the overall picture is dominated by the reluctance of urban authorities to innovate accommodationist planning, some interesting exceptions are noted.

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Section: Changing Attitudes Towards Street Tradersmentioning

confidence: 95%

Hawkers in South Africa's small urban centres: Planning and policy

Hart

Rogerson

1989

Development Southern Africa

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“…According to Reid (2000:58), the city grew quickly from a population of only a few thousand in the 1590s to about 100,000 at its peak in 1640-1660. 'This would have made it one of the six biggest cities in Southeast Asia, and as big as many European capitals'With a population of about 1.4 million today, Makassar remains the largest city in the eastern part of Indonesia, and it is estimated that it will further grow to 2.2 million by the year 2015 (Forbes 1981;JICA 1996). are developed of Tana Toraja that come close to what already exists in the homeland, but these models come out differently because Torajan migrants have to cope with the 'modern' urban world and context. Urban elites believe they know better what Tana Toraja needs than the elders and politicians in Tana Toraja itself.…”

Section: (Trans)migrants In the City: The Case Of Makassarmentioning

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Making a Living between Crises and Ceremonies in Tana Toraja

Jong¹

2013

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This publication has been typeset in the multilingual "Brill" typeface. With over 5,100 characters covering Latin, IPA, Greek, and Cyrillic, this typeface is especially suitable for use in the humanities. For more information, please see www.brill.com/brill-typeface.ISSN 1572-1892 ISBN 978-90-04-25240-0 (hardback) ISBN 978-90-04-25247-9 (e-book) Copyright 2013 by Edwin de Jong. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Global Oriental, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers and Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher.Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper.This is an open access title distributed under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND License, which permits any non-commercial use, and distribution, provided no alterations are made and the original author(s) and source are credited.The realization of this publication was made possible by the support of KITLV (Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies). Having obtained a MA in Development Studies and, in so doing, gained fieldwork experience on the effects of the economic crisis in Thailand, a whole new direction opened up. Not only did I need to study the history and context of a different Southeast Asian country (in this case Indonesia) and another language, I also had to absorb many aspects of another discipline, namely Cultural Anthropology. Some would argue that it is better to focus on a single discipline in one's education, rather than two, and it would definitely have shortened the process, but I have learnt that Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies have a lot to offer each other, and that their integration strengthens both fieldwork and analysis.Both Development Studies and Cultural Anthropology offer studies into similar topics, but from different perspectives (which sometimes oppose each other), and employ different research methods. However, this new learning route has taught me that both perspectives are highly intertwined, and that only by integrating the two perspectives can the 'logic' behind the way people in Tana Toraja make a living between crises and ceremonies be thoroughly understood. In line with my own experiences, I hope that this thesis stimulates further exchanges between anthropologists and academics from development studies. If it is successful in this, it will contribute to research methodology, the core concepts and theories of both disciplines and, most importantly, reduce one-sided misinterpretations of complex societies, by over-emphasizing either culture or socio-economics,...

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“…Scholars also differ in their opinion on the development potentials of petty-commodity production. Some argue that at most it will experience involutionary growth, whereas in the long run it wilf be marginalized even further and finally be dissolved in consequence of the exploitative nature of its relations with a dominant capitalist formation (Forbes 1981). Others, however, are stressing the complex nature of the relations between the respective formations, observing that there is not only domination and exploitation, but also mutual dependency between then.…”

Section: The Production-structure Debatementioning

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A Structural Model for Analysing Production Relations and Regional Functions of Small Towns in Central Java

Titus¹

1991

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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Petty commodity production and underdevelopment: The case of pedlars and trishaw riders in Ujung Pandang, Indonesia

Cited by 31 publications

References 46 publications

Hawkers in South Africa's small urban centres: Planning and policy

Hawkers in South Africa's small urban centres: Planning and policy

Making a Living between Crises and Ceremonies in Tana Toraja

A Structural Model for Analysing Production Relations and Regional Functions of Small Towns in Central Java

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