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来源

ENVIRONMENT AND URBANIZATION,Vol.29,Issue1,P.283-298

语言

英文

关键字

Arab Spring; community resilience; informal economy; street trade; urban violence; COMMUNITY RESILIENCE; URBAN VIOLENCE; INSECURITY; EMERGENCE; OCCUPY

作者单位

[Brown, Alison] Cardiff Univ, Sch Geog & Planning, Urban Planning & Int Dev, Cardiff, S Glam, Wales. [Kafafy, Nezar] Cairo Univ, Fac Urban & Reg Planning, Urban Design & Landscape Architecture, Giza, Egypt. [Hayder, Adnane] Assoc Tunisian Geographers, Tunis, Tunisia. [Hayder, Adnane] Ctr Econ & Social Studies & Res CERES, Tunis, Tunisia. Brown, A (reprint author), Cardiff Univ, Sch Geog & Planning, Cardiff CF10 3WA, S Glam, Wales. E-Mail: BrownAM@cardiff.ac.uk; nezarkafafy@yahoo.com; adnanehayder@yahoo.fr

摘要

This paper examines the Arab revolutions of 2011 in Tunisia and Egypt, and their impact on street traders in Tunis and Cairo. Drawing on the literatures on urban conflict and resilience, the paper argues that the authoritarian regimes that the revolutions deposed left a vacuum in governance in which street traders found it hard to profit from the idealism and opportunism of an emerging new order. Despite being hindered by their lack of organization and voice, and disruption to their trade during the revolutions, street traders displayed resilience through small-scale adaptations to their trade and absorbed newcomers into the sector in the face of political conflict.