Street vending and public policy: a global review

Author: Bromley Ray  

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd

ISSN: 0144-333X

Source: International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol.20, Iss.1-2, 2000-01, pp. : 1-28

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Abstract

Provide a general contemporary overview of street vending around the world, focusing on the major issues underlying its permanence as a phenomenon, and the ambivalent attitudes displayed towards it by governments and off-street business communities. Focuses on street vendors as an occupational group ad includes arguments for and against their existence, the impact of their geographical and economic location, and role of the government.