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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Danley, Stephen D., author.

Series:

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

McGill-Queen's studies in urban governance ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neighborhoods--Political aspects--Louisiana--New Orleans--Case studies.

Neighborhoods.

Social advocacy--Louisiana--New Orleans--Case studies.

Social advocacy.

Social movements--Louisiana--New Orleans--Case studies.

Social movements.

Citizens' associations--Louisiana--New Orleans--Case studies.

Citizens' associations.

Community life--Louisiana--New Orleans--Case studies.

Community life.

Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Social aspects--Louisiana--New Orleans--Case studies.

Hurricane Katrina, 2005.

New Orleans (La.)--Social conditions--21st century--Case studies.

New Orleans (La.).

Social aspects.

Social conditions.

Louisiana--New Orleans.

Louisiana.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

189 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

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

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."-- Provided by publisher.

"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 outof 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."-- Provided by publisher.

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.

Notes:

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

Other Format:

Danley, Stephen D. Neighborhood politics of last resort.

ISBN:

0773554890

9780773554894

9780773554887

0773554882

OCLC:

1031341301