The Reconstruction of Post-War Labour Markets in The Southern African Development Community

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.

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.