Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements viii
4. List of Illustrations x
5. List of Abbreviations xi
6. Glossary xiii
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 Labour & networks in the making of modern Sierra Leone 46
9. 2 Urban microcosms: Defining work at the margins of the city 79
10. 3 ‘They don’t even see us as people’: The social life of labour markets 113
11. 4 Associations, citizenship claims & the political imagination 144
12. 5 Love & betrayal: The moral economy of political violence 183
13. Conclusion: From ticking bombs to a politics of work 216
14. The Ebola epilogue: Chronic crisis, youth & the state 228
15. Bibliography 237
16. Index 261