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Reinventing Order in the Congo How People Respond to State Failure in Kinshasa

Paperback • 2004 • English

Reinventing Order in the Congo How People Respond to State Failure in Kinshasa

By Theodore Trefon

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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 'ba...Show more

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9781842774915

Publisher

Zed Books

Published year

2004

Language

English

Original title

Reinventing Order in the Congo How People Respond to State Failure in Kinshasa

Format

Paperback

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