The Reconstruction of Post-War Labour Markets in The Southern African Development Community: Insights from The Democratic Republic of The Congo

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Contents
Abbreviations and Acronyms
List of Figures
Part I Historical and Theoretical Bases of Post-War Labour Market Reconstruction in the SADC Region
1 On Post-war Labour Market Reconstructions in Southern Africa
	Post-war Labour Market Reconstructions: A Diachronic Global View
		Labour Market Reconstructions Post-World War II and the Cold War Era
		Scholarly Literature on Post-Cold War Labour Market Reconstruction and Post-war Labour Market Recovery
	Independence, Consolidation of State Power, Civil Wars/Conflict and Labour Market Reconstructions in the SADC Region
	The Origins of SADC and the Apathy Towards Post-war Labour Market Reconstruction in Southern Africa
	Methodological and Theoretical Considerations
	The Structure of This Book
	References
2 Historical Background to the Reconstruction of Post-war Labour Markets in Southern Africa
	Wage Labour Markets in British Colonies of Southern Africa
		South Africa
		Zimbabwe
		Namibia
	Wage Labour Markets in Portuguese Colonies of Southern Africa
		Mozambique
		Angola
	The Impacts of War on Labour Markets
	Post-war Labour Market Regimes in Southern Africa
	Conclusion
	References
3 Conceptual and Theoretical Issues in the Making, Unmaking and Remaking of Labour Markets in the SADC Region
	Conceptual Issues
		The Labour Market
		Labour Market Institutions
		The State
		Power
		The International System
			The Multipolar System
			The Bipolar System
			The Post-Cold War Era
	Theoretical Issues
		Classical, Neoclassical and Institutionalist Labour Market Paradigms
		Labour Market Segmentation Theory
		Peck’s Theory of Social Regulation
			Labour Incorporation
			Labour Allocation
			Labour Control
			Labour Reproduction
	Conclusion
	References
Part II Labour Markets and Post-War Labour Market Reconstruction in the SADC Region: Insights from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
4 Dynamics in the Making of Labour Markets
	King Leopold II’s Forced Labour Regime (1885–1908)
	Labour Market Regime Under Belgian Colonial Rule (1908–1960)
	Post-independence Labour Market Fragmentation (1960–1964)
	Labour Market Under President Mobutu (1965–1997)
		The Golden Age (1965–1973)
		Disintegration (1974–1997)
	Labour Market After Mobutu’s Reign (1997–2002)
	Post-war Labour Market Reconstruction After the Year 2000
	Labour Reforms After the Transition (2007–2018)
	Changes and Challenges in the DRC’s Post-war Labour Market
		Economically Active Population and Employment
		Unemployment and Underemployment
		Informal Employment
	Conclusion
	References
5 Post-war Labour Market Reconstruction and Public Labour Market Institutions
	Department of Employment, Labour and Social Welfare
	National Council of Labour
	National Institute for Vocational Training
	National Employment Office
	National Social Security Fund
	National Agency for the Promotion of Investments
	Labour Market Institutions in the DRC in Comparative Perspective
	Conclusion
	References
6 Post-war Labour Market Reconstruction, Private Labour Market Institutions and Non-market Actors
	Private Labour Market Institutions
		Brief Historical Overview of Employer Organisations
		The Congolese Business Federation in the Post-war Period (2003–2018)
		Brief Historical Overview of Trade Unionism in the DRC
		Trade Unionism from 2003 Onwards
	Non-market Actors
		Non-market Actors in Historical Perspective
		Non-market Actor Activities in the Labour Market
	Conclusion
	References
7 Post-war Labour Market Reconstruction and Challenges in the Construction, Retail and Telecommunications Sectors
	Labour Incorporation
		The Construction Sector
		The Retail Sector
		The Telecommunications Sector
		Labour Incorporation
	Hiring Processes and Labour Allocation
		The Construction Sector
		The Retail Sector
		The Telecommunications Sector
		Labour Allocation
	Conclusion
	References
Part III Empirical and Theoretical Contributions to the Study of Labour Markets and Post-War Labour Market Reconstruction
8 The Burden of Getting a Job in Reconstructed Post-war Labour Markets: Some Concluding Remarks
	The Regional Context of Post-war Labour Market Reconstruction
	The Domestic Context of a Nation-State’s Post-war Labour Market Reconstruction
		Continuities and Raptures in Post-war Labour Market Reconstruction
		Laggard Implementation of Labour Reconstruction Policies
		Insidious Political and Socioeconomic Obstacles to Reform
		Minimal Impact of Private Sector Institutions
		Strength in Informality
		Job Mismatches and Underemployment
	Empirical Contribution to Post-war Labour Market Reconstruction Research
	Theoretical Contribution to Post-war Labour Market Reconstruction Research
	References
Index