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Going entrepreneurial: the dark side of donors and trade union support to informal workers in Accra, Ghana (2024)
Journal Article
Asafu-Adjaye, P., & Rizzo, M. (2024). Going entrepreneurial: the dark side of donors and trade union support to informal workers in Accra, Ghana. Review of African political economy, 51(182), 573-591. https://doi.org/10.62191/ROAPE-2024-0038

This article analyses donor-funded aid programmes to support trade unions’ work in the informal street food sector in Accra, also known as ‘chop bars’. It reviews the programmes that this aid entailed, against the backdrop of socioeconomic stratifica... Read More about Going entrepreneurial: the dark side of donors and trade union support to informal workers in Accra, Ghana.

The statecraft of large transport projects: Bus Rapid Transit in Johannesburg (2023)
Thesis
Harber, J. The statecraft of large transport projects: Bus Rapid Transit in Johannesburg. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

In 2006, the nascent City of Johannesburg undertook the most ambitious infrastructure project in South African local government history. The Rea Vaya Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system was to be not just a new way to move people around the city, but a... Read More about The statecraft of large transport projects: Bus Rapid Transit in Johannesburg.

The Groundnut Scheme and Colonial Development in Tanganyika (2022)
Book Chapter
Rizzo, M. (2022). The Groundnut Scheme and Colonial Development in Tanganyika. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.013.1270

The East African Groundnut Scheme (EAGS) in Tanganyika stands among the most dramatic examples of failure of British late colonial developmentalism and imperialism. Frantically planned and launched in Tanganyika in 1946, the EAGS was the most colossa... Read More about The Groundnut Scheme and Colonial Development in Tanganyika.

Trade Union Responses to Economic Liberalisation in Ghana (2021)
Thesis
Asafu-Adjaye, P. Trade Union Responses to Economic Liberalisation in Ghana. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This study draws on three case studies to investigate the response by trade unions in Ghana to economic liberalisation. The first case study documents trade union struggles to counter the commercialisation and privatisation of electricity in the coun... Read More about Trade Union Responses to Economic Liberalisation in Ghana.

Workers’ Power in Resisting Precarity: Comparing Transport Workers in Buenos Aires and Dar es Salaam (2020)
Journal Article
Rizzo, M., & Atzeni, M. (2020). Workers’ Power in Resisting Precarity: Comparing Transport Workers in Buenos Aires and Dar es Salaam. Work, Employment and Society, 34(6), 1114-1130. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017020928248

The growing precariousness of employment across the world has radically altered the conditions upon which the representation of workers’ interests has traditionally been built, as it has posed challenges for established trade unions: individualized e... Read More about Workers’ Power in Resisting Precarity: Comparing Transport Workers in Buenos Aires and Dar es Salaam.

Taken For A Ride: Grounding Neoliberalism, Precarious Labour, and Public Transport in an African Metropolis (2017)
Book
Rizzo, M. (2017). Taken For A Ride: Grounding Neoliberalism, Precarious Labour, and Public Transport in an African Metropolis. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198794240.001.0001

The growth of cities and informal economies are two central manifestations of globalization in the developing world. Taken for a Ride addresses both, drawing on long-term fieldwork in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and charting its public transport system’... Read More about Taken For A Ride: Grounding Neoliberalism, Precarious Labour, and Public Transport in an African Metropolis.