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

Title
A neighborhood politics of last resort : post-Katrina New Orleans and the right to the city / Stephen Danley.
Author
Danley, Stephen D.
Publication
  • Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2018]
  • ©2018

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Description
189 pages; 23 cm.
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."--
Series Statement
McGill-Queen's studies in urban governance ; 10
Uniform Title
McGill-Queen's studies in urban governance ; 10.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Case studies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-183) and index.
Contents
The right to New Orleans -- The neighborhood : a neoliberal contradiction -- Neighborhood populism and broken windows -- Hiding behind letterhead -- Can nimbys fight for justice? -- How far will activists go for their neighborhoods? And what does it mean for the right to the city? -- A politics of last resort.
Call Number
Sc E 19-744
ISBN
  • 0773554890
  • 9780773554894
  • 9780773554887
  • 0773554882
OCLC
1031341301
Author
Danley, Stephen D., author.
Title
A neighborhood politics of last resort : post-Katrina New Orleans and the right to the city / Stephen Danley.
Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
McGill-Queen's studies in urban governance ; 10
McGill-Queen's studies in urban governance ; 10.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-183) and index.
Chronological Term
2000-2099
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 ; (CaOONL)20189035862
Research Call Number
Sc E 19-744
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