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Reforming New Orleans : The Contentious Politics of Change in the Big Easy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (241 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781501700941
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reforming New OrleansDDC classification:
  • 320.9763/35
LOC classification:
  • JS1202
Online resources:
Contents:
REFORMING NEW ORLEANS -- 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.
Summary: 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 Hurricane Katrina.
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REFORMING NEW ORLEANS -- 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.

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 Hurricane Katrina.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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