GIGA Journal Family | 27/11/2024

New Africa Spectrum 3/2024

Based on ethnographic research, this special issue sheds new light on the different dimensions to how work is regulated in Africa. Examined, for example, are the daily tasks of labour inspectors, the multiplicity of actors involved in urban markets, the contracting of construction workers, and more.


  • Africa Spectrum Vol. 59, No. 3 (2024)

    Special Issue: Regulating Work. Exploring the Dynamics of Labour Beyond the Formal/Informal Divide

    Guest Editor: Benjamin Rubbers

    Introduction

    • Benjamin Rubbers: Studying Work Regulation Processes Beyond the Formal/Informal Divide

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    Research Articles

    • Sidy Cissokho: Governing Labour Relations Despite the Law: The Routine of Labour Inspection (Dakar)

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    • Peter Lambertz: Baleinières’ Riverine Environment and the Materiality of Transport Regulation on Congoʼs Inland Waterways

      Abstract | PDF

    • Héritier Mesa: Rethinking Regulation beyond the Normative Threshold: Mechanisms of Control and Access to the Central Market of Kinshasa

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    • Sylvie Ayimpam: The Complexities of Regulating Traders’ Activity: The Case of Small Traders in Ouagadougouʼs Rood Woko Market (Burkina Faso)

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    • Ludovic Bakebek: “Status,” Inter-Normativity, and Socio-Professional Differentiation among Construction Workers in Douala, Cameroon

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