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Description

1. 189 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

1. "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

1. McGill-Queen's studies in urban governance ; 10

Uniform title

1. McGill-Queen's studies in urban governance ; 10.

Subject

1. Social advocacy
2. Community life
3. Citizens' associations
4. Social movements
5. Neighborhoods > Political aspects > Louisiana > New Orleans > Case studies
6. Louisiana > New Orleans
7. Social advocacy > Louisiana > New Orleans > Case studies
8. Case studies
9. Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Social aspects > Louisiana > New Orleans > Case studies
10. Social conditions
11. Social aspects
12. Hurricane Katrina (2005)
13. Community life > Louisiana > New Orleans > Case studies
14. Citizens' associations > Louisiana > New Orleans > Case studies
15. New Orleans (La.) > Social conditions > 21st century > Case studies
16. Social movements > Louisiana > New Orleans > Case studies
17. 2000-2099

Genre/Form

1. Case studies.

Contents

1. 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

1. Sc E 19-744

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-183) and index.

Author

1. Danley, Stephen D., author.

Title

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

Publisher

1. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2018]

Copyright date

1. ©2018

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. McGill-Queen's studies in urban governance ; 10
2. McGill-Queen's studies in urban governance ; 10.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-183) and index.

Chronological term

1. 2000-2099

Other form:

1. 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

ISBN

1. 0773554890
2. 9780773554894 (paperback)
3. 9780773554887 (hardcover)
4. 0773554882

Research call number

1. Sc E 19-744