Reforming New Orleans : The Contentious Politics of Change in the Big Easy /
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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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Ithaca, NY :
Cornell University Press,
[2016]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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