Bus Station Hustle: Transport Work in Urban Ghana

Michael Stasik

doi:10.1017/9781009486651

Bus stations are among the most prominent sites of social and economic activity in Africa. Integral to transport, trade, and exchange over distance, they provide livelihoods for large numbers of people. Through a detailed ethnography of one of Ghana's busiest long-distance bus stations, Michael Stasik explores the dialectical relationship between the ways in which people make the station work and how the station shapes popular economic engagement and social life. Drawing on a dual understanding of 'hustle' as a distinct mode of economic activity and organisation, as well as a marker of complex and sometimes bewildering situations, Stasik challenges dominant views of transport work in urban Africa, especially those wedded to generic notions of 'informality'. Bus Station Hustle offers a nuanced anthropological perspective on the hands-on work in and the institutional workings of an infrastructural hub of mobility and exchange. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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The International African Library - Series page
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Bus Station Hustle - Title page
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Transport Work in Urban Ghana
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1 - Introduction
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In the Hustle Park
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2 - From the Lorry Age to the Age of Hustle
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3 - Niche Economy Involution
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4 - Loading
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5 - Station Rhythm Enskilment
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6 - The Labours of Waiting
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7 - The Valorisation of Delay
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8 - Conclusion
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The Hustle Reloading
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Appendix A - Accra Lorry Park Bye-Laws, 1929
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Appendix B - Achimota Transport Terminal Rules and Regulations for Transport Operators, 2009
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Bus Station Hustle
pp i-i

The International African Library - Series page
pp ii-ii

Bus Station Hustle - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Contents
pp v-v

Figures
pp vi-vi

Maps
pp vii-vii

Acknowledgements
pp viii-ix

maps
pp x-xii

1 - Introduction
pp 1-31

2 - From the Lorry Age to the Age of Hustle
pp 32-54

3 - Niche Economy Involution
pp 55-72

4 - Loading
pp 73-91

5 - Station Rhythm Enskilment
pp 92-113

6 - The Labours of Waiting
pp 114-140

7 - The Valorisation of Delay
pp 141-161

8 - Conclusion
pp 162-180

Appendices
pp 181-184

Appendix A - Accra Lorry Park Bye-Laws, 1929
pp 181-182

Appendix B - Achimota Transport Terminal Rules and Regulations for Transport Operators, 2009
pp 183-184

References
pp 185-198

Index
pp 199-202

Series page - Series page
pp 203-206

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