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This book provides a comprehensive overview of post-war labour market reconstructions, in the context of a regional bloc whose member states have experienced conflict. Focusing on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, the book explores how major conflicts often expose shortcomings in affected countries particularly on their post-war labour market reconstruction processes. The authors discuss how countries in the SADC region in particular are equipped to navigate such processes. This key question drives the overview of relationships between labour market issues and wars of liberation from colonial rule and apartheid, rights to self-determination and racial (in)equality and the need to succinctly explain how labour market issues shaped civil wars in some post-independent SADC member states. The book examines the role of the state in reconstruction processes of post-war labour markets and the contribution of labour market institutions to these reconstructions. It further analyses private sector participation in remaking labour markets and workers’ experiences in finding employment in labour markets under reconstruction. The book provides specific insights from experiences in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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Author:   Saint José Inaka ,  Christopher Changwe Nshimbi ,  Leon Mwamba Tshimpaka
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2023 ed.
Weight:   0.473kg
ISBN:  

9783031373565

ISBN 10:   3031373561
Pages:   239
Publication Date:   13 August 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART I Historical and theoretical bases of post-war labour market reconstruction in the SADC region.- On post-war labour market reconstructions in Southern Africa.- Historical background to the reconstruction of post-war labour markets in Southern Africa.- Conceptual and theoretical issues in the making, unmaking and remaking of labour markets in the SADC region.- PART II Labour markets and post-war labour market reconstruction in the SADC region: Insights from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.- Dynamics in the making of labour markets.- Post-war labour market reconstruction and public labour market institutions.- Post-war labour market reconstruction, private labour market institutions and non-market actors.- Post-war labour market reconstruction and challenges in the construction, retail and telecommunications sectors.- PART III Empirical andtheoretical contributions to the study of labour markets and post-war labour market reconstruction.- The burden of getting a job in reconstructed post-war labour markets: Some concluding remarks.

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Dr Saint José Inaka completed his PhD in Sociology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at WISER (Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research), University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). He researches and publishes on labour markets, regionalism, transnationalism, African migration, and Congolese politics. Christopher Changwe Nshimbi is Director of GovInn (Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation), SARChI (South African Research Chairs Initiative) Research Chair in the Political Economy of Migration in the SADC Region and Professor in the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa. He teaches and researches migration, borders, regional integration, informal economy and governance. Dr Leon Mwamba Tshimpaka is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at GovInn (Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation) and the SARChI Research Chair in the Political Economy of Migration in the SADC Region, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa. He is also Adjunct Professor, School of Liberal Arts and Humanities at Woxsen University, India, and Visiting Scholar at Luxembourg University, Luxembourg. He researches regional integration, EU-Africa Relations, migration and borders, political transnationalism, civil society and consolidation of democracy, anti-corruption Initiatives, and sustainable development.

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