Theodore (Hrsg.) Trefon

Reinventing Order in the Congo

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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 education. The NGO-ization of service provision i… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-84813-767-7
EAN: 9781848137677
Produktnummer: 14843945
Verlag: Zed Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 234 S.
Plattform: EPUB
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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.