Street-hawking in a Foreign Land

Social Dynamics of Migrant Petty Traders' Livelihoods in Nigeria

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2308710
AutoresVictor Chidubem Iwuoha (0000-0001-9056-988X, University of Nigeria, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume55
Fascículo8
Páginas1209-1229
Data de publicação2020-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Asian and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0021-9096 • E-ISSN: 1745-2538
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0021909620916912
OpenAlexW3025129885
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14
Referências citadas46

This article investigates how migrant petty trading populations confront social systems/perceptions of their host localities and the effects on the sustainability of their trading activities. I examine clusters of long-term migrant petty traders (LTMs) and very recent migrant petty traders (VRMs) (i.e. from Lake Chad region: Chad, Cameroon and Niger) found in Nigerian peri-urban areas. Adopting Kaufman's symbolic-analytic model, I argue that a mix of socio-economic factors - peri-urban residents' negative perception of migrant petty traders, divergence in symbolic attachments, and a low patronage system - affect the growth of the migrant petty trade sector in specific localities

Divergence (linguistics · Economics · Ethnography · Geography · Immigration · Livelihood · Sociology · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Taxation and Compliance Studies