Politics and Development in Contemporary Africa
Published by one of the worlds leading publishers on African issues, Politics and Development in Contemporary Africa seeks to provide accessible but in-depth analysis of key contemporary issues affecting countries within the continent. Featuring a wealth of empirical material and case study detail, and focusing on a diverse range of subject matter from conflict to gender, development to the environment the series is a platform for scholars to present original and often provocative arguments. Selected titles in the series are published in association with the International African Institute.
Editorial board
Rita Abrahamsen (University of Ottawa); Morten Bs (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs); David Booth (Overseas Development Institute); Padraig Carmody (Trinity College Dublin); Neil Carrier (University of Bristol); Fantu Cheru (Leiden University); Kevin Dunn (Hobart and William Smith Colleges); Amanda Hammar (University of Copenhagen); Alcinda Honwana (Open University); Paul Jackson (University of Birmingham); Gabrielle Lynch (University of Warwick); Zachariah Mampilly (Vassar College); Henning Melber (Dag Hammarskjld Foundation); Garth A. Myers (Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut); Lonce Ndikumana (UMass Amherst); Cyril Obi (Social Science Research Council); Susan Parnell (University of Cape Town); Mareike Schomerus (Overseas Development Institute); Laura Seay (Morehouse College); Howard Stein (University of Michigan); Mats Utas (Uppsala University); Alex de Waal (Tufts University)
Already published:
Mobility between Africa, Asia and Latin America , edited by Ute Rschenthaler and Alessandro Jedlowski
Agricultural Development in Rwanda , Chris Huggins
Liberias Female Veterans , Leena Vastapuu and Emmi Nieminen
Food Aid in Sudan , Susanne Jaspars
Kakuma Refugee Camp , Bram J. Jansen
Development Planning in South Africa , John Reynolds
Uganda , edited by Jrg Wiegratz, Giuliano Martiniello and Elisa Greco
AIDS in the Shadow of Biomedicine , Isak Niehaus
About the editors
Tom De Herdt is professor at the Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp. He teaches and researches on poverty and inequality, and on local governance of public services, with an empirical focus on sub-Sahara African countries and, more particularly, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Kristof Titeca is a lecturer at the Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp. He works on governance and conflict in Central and Eastern Africa, specifically the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
Negotiating
Public Services
in the Congo
State, Society and Governance
Edited by Tom De Herdt
and Kristof Titeca
Negotiating Public Services in the Congo: State, Society and Governance was first published in 2019 by Zed Books Ltd, The Foundry, 17 Oval Way, London SE11 5RR, UK
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Contents
Tom De Herdt and Kristof Titeca
Stylianos Moshonas
Stphanie Perazzone
Camilla Lindstrom
Jean-Pierre Mpiana Tshitenge
Michel Thill
Albert Malukisa Nkuku and Kristof Titeca
Randi Solhjell
Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka and Klara Claessens
Kristof Titeca
Klara Claessens is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Division of Geography and Tourism, KU Leuven and at the Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp. She works on land governance in the Great Lakes Region.
Camilla Lindstrm is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University. She works on governance, state-building and aid negotiations in central Africa, with a particular focus on the Democratic Republic of Congo. She has long-term experience of working in international development
Albert Malukisa Nkuku is Professor at the Catholic University of Congo and Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp. He works on urban governance in Kinshasa and other major cities of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Jean-Pierre Mpiana Tshitenge is a professor at the Faculty of Social, Administrative and Political Sciences at the University of Kinshasa, where he is also the facultys academic secretary. He is also affiliated researcher at the Ple SuD of the University of Lige and member of the Association for the Anthropology of Social Change and Development (APAD). His latest research interests are on university governance and public service delivery.
Stylianos Moshonas is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp. His research focuses on the political economy of development and public sector reforms, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and especially the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Development Studies, Universit Catholique de Louvain, at the Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp and the Centre for Reference and Expertise on Central Africa. He works on the post-conflict development and the political ecology of natural resources in the Great Lakes Region.
Stphanie Perazzone completed her PhD in International Relations/Political Science at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, and holds a post-doctoral research and teaching position at the University of Genevas Faculty of Social Sciences. She works on the micro-sociology of governance and political violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on qualitative methods in international political inquiry and on state formation in sub-saharan Africa..
Randi Solhjell is a postdoctoral fellow associated with the Norwegian Police University College and the Center for Research on Extremism at the University of Oslo. She holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and has worked in particular on statehood, perceptions of public goods and citizenship in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Michel Thill is a PhD student with the Department of Conflict and Development at Ghent University. His research examines the daily negotiation of public order in the city of Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with a particular focus on the work of the police and policecivil relations. Michel is a Doctoral Research Fellow at Ghent Universitys Conflict Research Group and a Fellow of the Rift Valley Institute.
