Reinventing Order in the Congo : How People Respond to State Failure in Kinshasa.
Theodore. Trefon
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | London : : Zed Books Ltd, , 2004.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (235 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Reinventing Order; 2. The Kinshasa Bargain; 3. The Tap is on Strike: Water Distribution and Supply Strategies; 4. Food Security in Kinshasa: Coping with Adversity; 5. The Miracle of Life in Kinshasa: New Approaches to Public Health; 6. The Diploma Paradox: University of Kinshasa between Crisis and Salvation; 7. Acting on Behalf (and in Spite) of the State: NGOs and Civil Society Associations in Kinshasa; 8. Hidden Families, Single Mothers and Cibalabala: Economic Regress and Changing Household Composition in Kinshasa. - 9. When Kinois Take to the Streets10. On Being Shege in Kinshasa: Children, the Occult and the Street; 11. The Elusive Lupemba: Rumours about Fame and (Mis)fortune in Kinshasa; Bibliography; Chapter Abstracts in French; Contributors; Index;. - Kinshasa is sub-Saharan Africa's second largest city. The seven million Congolese who live there have a rich reputation for the courageous and innovative ways in which they survive in a harsh urban environment. They have created new social institutions, practices, networks and ways of living to deal with the collapse of public provision and a malfunctioning political system. This book describes how ordinary people, in the absence of formal sector jobs, hustle for a modest living; the famous 'bargaining' system ordinary Kinois have developed; and how they access food, water supplies, health and
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| Emner | Kinshasa (Congo) - Economic conditions
Kinshasa (Congo) - Politics and government Kinshasa (Congo) - Social conditions Order Vis mer... Social structure - Congo (Democratic Republic) Kinshasa
Business. Political Science. kongo kinshasa sosiale forhold økonomi politikk |
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| ISBN | 1842774905. - 1842774913
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