Street Vending in the Neoliberal City

<p> Examining street vending as a global urban and informalized practice found both in the Global North and Global South this volume presents contributions from international scholars working in cities as diverse as Berlin Dhaka New York City Los Angeles Calcutta Rio de Janeiro and Mexico City. The aim of this global approach is to repudiate the assumption that street vending is usually carried out in the Southern hemisphere and to reveal how it also represents an essential-and constantly growing-economic practice in urban centers of the Global North. Although street vending activities vary due to local specificities this anthology illustrates how these urban practices can also reveal global ties and developments.</p>