{"product_id":"reinventing-order-in-the-congo-theodore-trefon-9781842774915","title":"Reinventing Order in the Congo","description":"\u003cp\u003eKinshasa 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Theodore Trefon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1842774913\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781842774915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.52w x 0.51d","brand":"Theodore Trefon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984382984447,"sku":"9781842774915","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c0716145-6f49-4f6f-9544-a03a7d697b1f.jpg?v=1683271994","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reinventing-order-in-the-congo-theodore-trefon-9781842774915","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}