The neoliberalization of street vending policy in Lima, Peru: the politics of citizenship. property and public space in the production of a new urban marginality

Neoliberalism is having a significant and global impact on political, social and economic life across spaces. This work illustrates how neoliberalism is attempting to change the ways in which the urban poor - particularly those that participate in street vending - use urban spaces in Lima, Peru. Using municipal policies, newspaper articles and local academic texts I argue that there is a changing marginality in Lima that is being experienced by street vendors, and currently in los canas of Lima. In particular, I discuss formalization, a neoliberal strategy in street vending policy, which is used with eradication and social assistance strategies in attempts to re-regulate street vendors.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. Geography

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Faculty of Social Sciences

Department dc:contributor.department

Department of Geography

Grantor

Brock University

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Wood, Ian

• Lima, Peru
• Neoliberalism
• Urban poor
• Street vendors

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10464/4313

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:brocku.scholaris.ca:10464/4313