Reinventing order in Congo : how people respond to state failure in Kinshasa /: how people respond to state failure in Kinshasa. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Ordre et désordre à Kinshasa.
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Theodore Trefon.
• Other Names: Trefon, Theodore
• Contents: Reinventing order /Theodore Trefon -- Kinshasa bargain /Anastase Nzeza Bilakila -- Tap is on strike : water distribution and supply strategies /Angéline Maractho Mudzo Mwacan and Theodore Trefon -- Food security in kinshasa : coping with adversity /Eric Tollens -- Miracle of life in Kinshasa : new approaches to public health /Peter Persyn and Fabienne Ladrière -- Diploma paradox : University of Kinshasa between crisis and salvation /Télésphore Tsakala Munikengi and Willy Bono-Pasi Moke Sangol -- Acting on behalf (and in spite) of the state : NGO's and civil society associations in Kinshasa /Marco Giovannoni [and others] -- Hidden families, single mothers and cibalabala : economic regress and changing household composition in Kinshasa /Tom De Herdt -- When Kinois take to the streets /Gauthier de Villers and Jean Omasombo Tshonda -- On being shege in Kinshasa : children, the occult and the street /Filip De Boeck -- Elusive lupemba : rumours about fame and (mis)fortune in Kinshasa /Bob W. White.
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (234 pages)
• Subjects: 330.96751/12; Order; Social structure -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Kinshasa; Ordre; Structure sociale -- Congo (République démocratique) -- Kinshasa; Economic history; Order; Politics and government; Social conditions; Social structure; Sozioökonomischer Wandel; Stadtsoziologie; Politiek geweld; Economische problemen; Kinshasa (Congo) -- Politics and government; Kinshasa (Congo) -- Social conditions; Kinshasa (Congo) -- Economic conditions; Kinshasa (Congo) -- Administration; Kinshasa (Congo) -- Conditions sociales; Kinshasa (Congo) -- Conditions économiques; Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Kinshasa; Kinshasa; Aufsatzsammlung
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781848137677; 1848137672
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.