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Negotiating public services in the Congo : state, society and governance / edited by Tom De Herdt and Kristof Titeca.

Van Pelt Library JQ3406.A58 N44 2019
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Format:
Book
Series:
Politics and development in contemporary Africa
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
County services--Congo (Democratic Republic).
County services.
Congo (Democratic Republic).
Infrastructure (Economics)--Congo (Democratic Republic).
Infrastructure (Economics).
Education and state--Congo (Democratic Republic).
Education and state.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Politics and government--1997-.
Politics and government.
Democratic Republic of the Congo--Social conditions.
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Social conditions.
Physical Description:
xii, 244 pages ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
London : Zed Books Ltd, 2019.
Contents:
1 Introduction: Negotiating Public Services in the Congo p. 1 / Tom De Herdt and Kristof Titeca
Part I Public Services and the State
2 Reform of the Public Wage System in the DRC: The Système Intégré de Gestion des Ressources Humaines et de la Paie and Its Prospects p. 26 / Stylianos Moskonas
3 Neighbourhood Chiefs in Urban DRC: "The State is Me, the State is You, the State is All of Us" p. 51 / Stéphanie Perazzone
4 Donors and a Predatory State: Struggling with Real Governance p. 74 / Camilla Lindstrom
5 The Public Electricity Service in Kinshasa: Between Legal Oversight and Autonomy p. 96 / Jean-Pierre Mpiana Tshitenge
6 Police at Work in Bukavu: Negotiating Revenue-generation in Urban Pirate Markets p. 120 / Michel Thill
7 The Public Transport Sector in Kinshasa: The Battle Around the "Spirit of Death" p. 142 / Albert Malukisa Nkuku and Kristof Titeca
8 Garbage Collection in Bukavu: "The Political Class Does Not Take Care of Garbage Here" p. 168 / Randi Solhjell
9 Real Land Governance and the State: Local Pathways of Securing Land Tenure in Eastern DRC p. 190 / Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka and Klara Claessens
10 Public Services at the Edge of the State: Justice and Conflict-resolution on in Haut-Uélé p. 214 / Kristof Titeca.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
ebook version :
ISBN:
1786994003
9781786994004
9781786993991
1786993996
OCLC:
1040225697

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