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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Ithaca ; London :
Cornell University Press,
2015.
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Table of 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.
