Reinventing order in Congo : how people respond to state failure in Kinshasa /
Kinshasa is sub-Saharan Africas 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...
| Uniform Title: | Ordre et désordre à Kinshasa. |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Text in English; chapter abstracts in French. |
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London, England :
Zed Books,
©2004.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Kinshasa is sub-Saharan Africas 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 222 pages) : : maps Also published in printing. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-204) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781350222229 |
| DOI: | 10.5040/9781350222229 |
| Access: | Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers. |