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Reinventing Order in the Congo: How People Respond to State Failure in Kinshasa
By Theodore Trefon (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Zed Books
Publication date March 16, 2005
Pages 222
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781842774908
ISBN-10 1842774905
Dimensions 0.75 by 5.50 by 8.50 in.
Weight 0.85 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $94.95
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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). The studies are full of the most startling facts and the wonderfully evocative phrases coined by ordinary Kinois as they confront the huge obstacle course that is urban life. Concrete, readable, intensely interesting, and always illuminating, this book is a model of how to do urban sociology in the developing world today.


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9781842774908 | details & prices | 222 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $94.95
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