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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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