Reinventing Order in the Congo: How People Respond to State Failure in Kinshasa
The populations of many Third World mega-cities have far outstripped any apparent economic basis for their size and survival. In this volume Congolese and Western social scientists cover most aspects of urban life in Kinshasa--how ordinary people hustle for a modest living; the famous bargaining system ordinary Kinois have developed; and how they access food, water supplies, health and education. The NGOization of service provision is analyzed, as is the quite rare incidence of urban riots. Equally interesting are the studies of popular discourses (including street rumor, witchcraft, and attitudes to big men, like musicians and preachers). Th…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-84277-491-5
- EAN: 9781842774915
- Produktnummer: 1470847
- Verlag: Zed Books Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 234 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.3 cm 304 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 304
Über den Autor
Dr Theodore Trefon was educated at Boston University. He is an independent researcher and consultant currently based at the Free University of Brussels. He is also President of the Brussels Centre of African Studies. The contributors are Congolese and Western social scientists who have done original fieldwork in Kinshasa.
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