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Reforming New Orleans : the contentious politics of change in the Big Easy, Peter F. Burns and Matthew O. Thomas
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- Summary
- Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, but in the subsequent ten years, the city has demonstrated both remarkable resilience and frustrating stagnation. In Reforming New Orleans, Peter F. Burns and Matthew O. Thomas chart the city's recovery and assess how successfully officials at the local, state, and federal levels transformed the Big Easy in the wake of disaster. Focusing on reforms in four key sectors of urban governance--economic development, education, housing, and law enforcement--both before and after Katrina, they find lessons for cities hit by sudden shocks, such as natural disasters or large-scale financial crises. One of their key insights is that post-disaster recovery tends to limit local control. State and federal officials, national foundations, and local actors excluded by pre-Katrina politics used their resources and authority to displace entrenched local interests and implement a public agenda focused on institutional and governmental change. Burns and Thomas also make clear reform in New Orleans was already underway before Katrina hit, but that it had focused largely on upper- and middle-class residents, a trend that accelerated after the storm. The market-centered nature of the reforms have ensured that they largely benefited city and regional elites while not significantly aiding the city's working-class and impoverished populations. Thus reform has come at a cost and that cost, in the long term, could undermine the political gains of the post-Katrina era.--Publisher website
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 226 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: Rebuilding governance, politics, and policy in New Orleans
- Pre-Katrina New Orleans
- Reform and economic development
- Democracy vs. reform in pre-Katrina education
- The most reform friendly city in the country
- From neglect and mismanagement to reform and development in housing
- The most brutal police?
- Conclusion: The effects of sudden shocks on governance, politics, and policy
- Isbn
- 9781501700446
- Label
- Reforming New Orleans : the contentious politics of change in the Big Easy
- Title
- Reforming New Orleans
- Title remainder
- the contentious politics of change in the Big Easy
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter F. Burns and Matthew O. Thomas
- Subject
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- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Political aspects
- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- New Orleans (La.) -- Politics and government
- 2005
- Political culture
- Political culture -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Politics and government
- PLP -- N'awlins -- 2018.09
- Buddhism and politics
- Hurricane Katrina (2005)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, but in the subsequent ten years, the city has demonstrated both remarkable resilience and frustrating stagnation. In Reforming New Orleans, Peter F. Burns and Matthew O. Thomas chart the city's recovery and assess how successfully officials at the local, state, and federal levels transformed the Big Easy in the wake of disaster. Focusing on reforms in four key sectors of urban governance--economic development, education, housing, and law enforcement--both before and after Katrina, they find lessons for cities hit by sudden shocks, such as natural disasters or large-scale financial crises. One of their key insights is that post-disaster recovery tends to limit local control. State and federal officials, national foundations, and local actors excluded by pre-Katrina politics used their resources and authority to displace entrenched local interests and implement a public agenda focused on institutional and governmental change. Burns and Thomas also make clear reform in New Orleans was already underway before Katrina hit, but that it had focused largely on upper- and middle-class residents, a trend that accelerated after the storm. The market-centered nature of the reforms have ensured that they largely benefited city and regional elites while not significantly aiding the city's working-class and impoverished populations. Thus reform has come at a cost and that cost, in the long term, could undermine the political gains of the post-Katrina era.--Publisher website
- Cataloging source
- NIC/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Burns, Peter F
- Dewey number
- 320.9763/35
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JS1202.A2
- LC item number
- B87 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Thomas, Matthew O.
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hurricane Katrina (2005)
- Political culture
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- Buddhism and politics
- Political culture
- Politics and government
- PLP
- New Orleans (La.)
- Louisiana
- Louisiana
- Label
- Reforming New Orleans : the contentious politics of change in the Big Easy, Peter F. Burns and Matthew O. Thomas
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-220) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Rebuilding governance, politics, and policy in New Orleans -- Pre-Katrina New Orleans -- Reform and economic development -- Democracy vs. reform in pre-Katrina education -- The most reform friendly city in the country -- From neglect and mismanagement to reform and development in housing -- The most brutal police? -- Conclusion: The effects of sudden shocks on governance, politics, and policy
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 226 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501700446
- Lccn
- 2015018962
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)909112475
- (OCoLC)ocn909112475
- Label
- Reforming New Orleans : the contentious politics of change in the Big Easy, Peter F. Burns and Matthew O. Thomas
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-220) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Rebuilding governance, politics, and policy in New Orleans -- Pre-Katrina New Orleans -- Reform and economic development -- Democracy vs. reform in pre-Katrina education -- The most reform friendly city in the country -- From neglect and mismanagement to reform and development in housing -- The most brutal police? -- Conclusion: The effects of sudden shocks on governance, politics, and policy
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 226 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501700446
- Lccn
- 2015018962
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)909112475
- (OCoLC)ocn909112475
Subject
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Political aspects
- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- New Orleans (La.) -- Politics and government
- 2005
- Political culture
- Political culture -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Politics and government
- PLP -- N'awlins -- 2018.09
- Buddhism and politics
- Hurricane Katrina (2005)
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