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

by Peter F. Burns and Matthew O. Thomas

Book Overview

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 the local, state, and federal levels transformed the Big Easy in the wake of disaster. Focusing on reforms in four key sectors of urban governance--economic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501700448
• ISBN13: 9781501700446
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher