Reforming New Orleans : : The Contentious Politics of Change in the Big Easy / / Peter F. Burns, Matthew O. Thomas.
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 t...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 17 tables, 2 charts |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Rebuilding Governance, Politics, and Policy in New Orleans
- 1. Pre-Katrina New Orleans
- 2. Reform and Economic Development
- 3. Democracy versus Reform in Pre-Katrina Education
- 4. The Most Reform-Friendly City in the Country
- 5. From Mismanagement to Reform in Housing
- 6. Public Safety or an Unsafe Public?
- Conclusion: The Effects of Sudden Shocks on Governance, Politics, and Policy
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index