TY - JOUR
T1 - Competition and cooperation among working women in the context of structural adjustment
T2 - The case of street vendors in La Paz-El Alto, Bolivia
AU - Agadjanian, Victor
PY - 2002/9
Y1 - 2002/9
N2 - This case study of women street vendors in La Paz-El Alto, Bolivia, examines the dynamics of competition and cooperation among this group of poor working women in the context of economic structural adjustment and political pluralization. It is argued that the economic and political reforms not only increase street vendors 'insecurities, but may also undennine the potential for their broad-based solidarity and collective actions. Extreme competition in the overcrowded street commerce, diminishing returns, and disillusionment with traditional forms of workers' organization hinder cooperation among street vendors and fragment the social body of the street marketplace, often by further reinforcing its gender, class, ethnoracial, and religious fault lines.
AB - This case study of women street vendors in La Paz-El Alto, Bolivia, examines the dynamics of competition and cooperation among this group of poor working women in the context of economic structural adjustment and political pluralization. It is argued that the economic and political reforms not only increase street vendors 'insecurities, but may also undennine the potential for their broad-based solidarity and collective actions. Extreme competition in the overcrowded street commerce, diminishing returns, and disillusionment with traditional forms of workers' organization hinder cooperation among street vendors and fragment the social body of the street marketplace, often by further reinforcing its gender, class, ethnoracial, and religious fault lines.
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U2 - 10.1177/0169796X0201800211
DO - 10.1177/0169796X0201800211
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33751270336
SN - 0169-796X
VL - 18
SP - 259
EP - 285
JO - Journal of Developing Societies
JF - Journal of Developing Societies
IS - 2-3
ER -