Reinventing Order in the Congo: How People Respond to State Failure in Kinshasa [Paperback]

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Acknowledgements
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1. Introduction: Reinventing Order
Theodore Trefon
2. The Kinshasa Bargain
Anastase Nzeza Bilakila
3. The Tap is on Strike: Water Distribution and Supply
Angéline Maractho Mudzo Mwacan and Theodore Trefon
4. Food Security in Kinshasa: Coping with Adversity
Eric Tollens
5. The Miracle of Life in Kinshasa: New Approaches to Public Health
Peter Persyn and Fabienne Ladrière
6. The Diploma Paradox: University of Kinshasa between Crisis and Salvation
Télésphore Tsakala and Munikengi and Willy Bongo-Pasi Moke Sangol
7. Acting on Behalf (and in Spite) of the State: NGOs and Civil Society Associations in Kinshasa
Marco Giovannoni, Theodore Trefon, Jérôme Kasongo Banga and Charles Mwema
8. Hidden Families, Single Mothers andCibalabala: Economic Regress and Changing Household Composition in Kinshasa
Tom De Herdt
9. When Kinois Take to the Streets
Gauthier de Villers and jean Omasombo Tshonda
10. On BeingShegein Kinshasa: Children, the Occult and the Street
Filip De Boeck
11. The ElusiveLupemba: Rumours about Fame and (Mis)fortune in Kinshasa
Bob W. White
 
Bibliography
Chapter Abstracts in French
Contributors
Index