Reinventing order in the Congo : how people respond to state failure in Kinshasa

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Reinventing order in the Congo : how people respond to state failure in Kinshasa

edited by Theodore Trefon

Zed Books , Fountain Publishers, 2004

  • : pbk
  • : Uganda

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-204) and index

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ISBN 9781842774908

内容説明

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 is analysed, as is the quite rare incidence of urban riots. The contributors also look at popular discourses, including street rumor, witchcraft, and attitudes to ‘big men‘ such as musicians and preachers. This is urban sociology at its best - richly empirical, unjargonized, descriptive of the lives of ordinary people, and weaving into its analysis how they see and experience life.

目次

  • Acknowledgements
  • The Reality of Aid Project
  • Participants list
  • List of boxes and tables
  • Glossary
  • Source Notes
  • Exchange Rates
  • PART I: INTRODUCTION Political Overview - Tony Tujan, Chair, Reality of Aid Project
  • PART II AFRICA NEPAD and the African Union West Africa perspective Aid coordination in Tanzania Governance and Promotion of Human Rights in International Cooperation: An African Perspective. PRSP and PRGFs
  • PART III ASIA PACIFIC Fiji perspective Water and Governance in Nepal The AGILE governance project in Philippines Middle East Perspective on governance Governance and aid from Japan
  • PART IV LATIN AMERICA Governance and aid to Latin America Governability, civil society participation and local development
  • PART V OECD The Asian Development Bank and conditionality Civil society, governance and EC aid Aid, governance and security
  • PART VI WORLD AID AND DONOR REPORTS World aid trends Australia Austria Belgium Canada Denmark EC Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Japan Netherlands New Zealand Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland UK USA
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: pbk ISBN 9781842774915

内容説明

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 is analysed, as is the quite rare incidence of urban riots. The contributors also look at popular discourses, including street rumor, witchcraft, and attitudes to 'big men' such as musicians and preachers. This is urban sociology at its best - richly empirical, unjargonized, descriptive of the lives of ordinary people, and weaving into its analysis how they see and experience life.

目次

  • 1. Introduction: Reinventing Order
  • 2. The Kinshasa Bargain
  • 3. The Tap is on Strike: Water (Non-)Distribution and Supply Strategies
  • 4. Food Security in Kinshasa: Coping with Adversity
  • 5. The Miracle of Life in Kinshasa: New approaches to Public Health
  • 6. The Diploma Paradox: University of Kinshasa between Crisis and Salvation
  • 7. Acting on Behalf (and in spite) of the State: NGOs and Civil Society Associations in Kinshasa
  • 8. Hidden Families, Single Mothers and Cibalabala: Economic Regress and Changing Household Composition in Kinshasa
  • 9. When Kinois Take to the Streets
  • 10. On Being Shege in Kinshasa: Children, the Occult and the Street
  • 11. The Elusive Lupemba: Rumours About Fame and (Mis)Fortune in Kinshasa

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