‘This country is free, but for the few’: Informal labour, class politics, and urban order in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Michaela Collord and Sabatho Nyamsenda

World Development, 2025, vol. 192, issue C

Abstract: This article explores the relationships between regime consolidation, labour informality, and class formation in African cities. It examines how, as part of broader efforts to build political support, incumbent leaders and their parties manipulate class formation among urban informal workers.

Keywords: Urban politics; Labour informality; Class; Urbanization; Africa; Tanzania; Dar es Salaam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.107027

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