Waluguru Traders in Dar es Salaam: An Analysis of the Social Construction of Economic Life

Waluguru Traders in Dar es Salaam: An Analysis of the Social Construction of Economic Life

Capital accumulation and entrepreneurship among the Waluguru traders in Tanzania influence and are influenced by social behavior. Thus both economic and social forces shaped the hierarchical vegetable trade between the Uluguru mountains and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's capital. This hierarchy has...

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Veröffentlicht in:African affairs (London) 1992-04, Vol.91 (363), p.181-205
1. Verfasser: van Donge, Jan Kees
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Behavior
Brothers
Business
Capital formation
Collaboration
Economics
Leerstoelgroep Rurale ontwikkelingssociologie
Onions
Rural Development Sociology
Social economics
Social research
Socioeconomics
Stall
Supply
Tanzania
Trade
Trade legislation
Vegetables
Working capital
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Zusammenfassung:Capital accumulation and entrepreneurship among the Waluguru traders in Tanzania influence and are influenced by social behavior. Thus both economic and social forces shaped the hierarchical vegetable trade between the Uluguru mountains and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's capital. This hierarchy has four levels: established traders, young people taking part in the illegal urban trade, young traders who obtain a legitimate stall in a market and traders who are trying to diversify.
ISSN:0001-9909
1468-2621