A neighborhood politics of last resort : post-Katrina New Orleans and the right to the city /

A neighborhood politics of last resort : post-Katrina New Orleans and the right to the city /

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Author / Creator:	Danley, Stephen D., author.
Imprint:	Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2018 ©2018
Description:	189 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	McGill-Queen's studies in urban governance ; 10 McGill-Queen's studies in urban governance ; 10.
Subject:	Hurricane Katrina (2005) Neighborhoods -- Political aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Case studies. Social advocacy -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Case studies. Social movements -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Case studies. Citizens' associations -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Case studies. Community life -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Case studies. Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Case studies. Citizens' associations. Community life. Social advocacy. Social aspects. Social conditions. Social movements. New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century -- Case studies. Louisiana -- New Orleans. Case studies. Case studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11747134

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ISBN:	0773554890 9780773554894 9780773554887 0773554882
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-183) and index.
Summary:	"The steep rise in neighborhood associations in post-Katrina New Orleans is commonly presented in starkly positive or negative terms--either romanticized narratives of community influence or dismissals of false consciousness and powerlessness to elite interests. In A Neighborhood Politics of Last Resort Stephen Danley offers a messier and ultimately more complete picture of these groups as simultaneously crucial but tenuous social actors. Through a comparative case study based on extensive fieldwork in post-Katrina New Orleans, Danley follows activists in their efforts to rebuild their communities, while also examining the dark underbelly of NIMBYism ("not in my back yard"), characterized by racism and classism. He elucidates how neighborhood activists were tremendously inspired in their defense of their communities, at times outwitting developers or other perceived threats to neighborhood life, but they could be equally creative in discriminating against potential neighbors and fighting to keep others out of their communities. Considering the plight of grassroots activism in the context of national and global urban challenges, A Neighborhood Politics of Last Resort immerses the reader in the daily minutiae of post-Katrina life to reveal how multiple groups responded to the same crisis with inconsistent and often ad-hoc approaches, visions, and results."--
Other form:	Danley, Stephen D. Neighborhood politics of last resort. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2018. McGill-Queen's studies in urban governance McGill-Queen's studies in urban governance ;

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