Journal articles: 'New Orleans (La.) – Social conditions'

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Downey, Davia C., and Laura A. Reese. "SUDDEN VERSUS SLOW DEATH OF CITIES." Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race 14, no. 1 (2017): 219–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1742058x16000321.

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AbstractThis paper constitutes a follow-up to an argument made during the late fall of 2005 that posited that many of the approaches and responses to sudden natural disasters might be effectively applied to areas experiencing more chronic economic decay. Using census, budgetary, and political data, including an analysis of planning and development documents, the paper addresses the following research questions:•What were the economic and social trajectories of Detroit and New Orleans prior to their respective disasters?•How did the responses to the hurricane impact New Orleans?•Despite the attention given to New Orleans, why do current conditions differ little from Detroit?The findings suggest that Detroit and New Orleans were clearly both highly distressed cities, with large minority populations and significant inequality prior to Katrina, although Detroit’s situation was arguably more severe. Significant media attention and investment in New Orleans appeared to follow in the wake of the hurricane. However, looking at federal and state investment in context suggests that it was not as high as might have been expected and implementation delays may well have lessened its impact. It is not at all clear that the response in New Orleans changed its economic trajectory much beyond that of Detroit, suggesting that the response to sudden disaster might not have aided the slow death of Detroit.

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Harvey, Daina Cheyenne. "Social Policy as Secondary Violences in the Aftermath of a Disaster." Humanity & Society 41, no. 3 (2016): 333–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0160597616632803.

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In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the federal levee failures plans for the rebuilding of New Orleans favored the redevelopment of some communities over others. Where residents of vulnerable communities, in particular the Lower Ninth Ward, protested the erasure of their communities, they have been largely socially abandoned as a retaliatory measure for not acquiescing to the elite plan of “Katrina Cleansing.” The implementation of this social abandonment as social policy and the various policies and conditions that have collectively punished residents of the Lower Ninth Ward who are trying to rebuild their community should be seen as uneven racialized capitalist development and as an important extension to what Naomi Klein calls “disaster capitalism.” In this article, I conceptualize these policies and conditions as secondary violences and through three vignettes I provide a brief description of life in the Lower Ninth Ward where these violences permeate the warp and the woof of the community.

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Zhou, Min, and Carl L. Bankston. "Social Capital and the Adaptation of the Second Generation: The Case of Vietnamese Youth in New Orleans." International Migration Review 28, no. 4 (1994): 821–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/019791839402800409.

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This article investigates some of the ways in which social capital made available in an immigrant community contributes to, rather than hinders, the adaptation of the younger generation, in school and afterward. We contrast the assimilationist view with alternative arguments on ethnic resources as social capital. Based on a case study of Vietnamese youth in an immigrant community in eastern New Orleans, we explore how aspects of an immigrant culture serve as a form of social capital to affect the adaptational experiences of immigrant offspring. We have found that students who have strong adherence to traditional family values, strong commitment to a work ethic, and a high degree of personal involvement in the ethnic community tend disproportionately to receive high grades, to have definite college plans, and to score high on academic orientation. These values and tenavioral and associational patterns are consistent with the expectations of their community and reflect a high level of social integration among Vietnamese youth. The findings indicate that strong positive immigrant cultural orientations can serve as a form of social capital that promotes value conformity and constructive forms of behavior, which provide otherwise disadvantaged children with an adaptive advantage. We conclude that social capital is crucial and, under certain conditions, more important than traditional human capital for the successful adaptation of younger-generation immigrants.

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Jabbar, Huriya, Rachel Boggs, and Joshua Childs. "Race, Gender, and Networks: How Teachers’ Social Connections Structure Access to Job Opportunities in Districts With School Choice." AERA Open 8 (January 2022): 233285842210847. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23328584221084719.

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Research in sociology demonstrates the way social connections shape access to information about job opportunities. In education, we understand less about how social networks impact the job process for marginalized teachers and teachers in nontraditional labor markets. This study examines how teachers in New Orleans and Detroit, cities with high concentrations of charter schools, use their networks to search for jobs, and how their experiences vary by race and gender. We find that in choice-rich environments, there was an extensive reliance on social networks in the hiring process, and teachers had different access to key social networks that can help to land jobs. Hiring decisions and unequal access to job opportunities among teacher candidates, in part due to the reliance on networks, created conditions where teachers who cultivated stronger networks, or with access to the “right” networks, had greater opportunity, with implications for racial and gender equity and diversity.

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Rutkow, Lainie, Jon S. Vernick, Adam P. Spira, and Daniel J. Barnett. "Using the Law to Promote the Mental Health of Older Adults during Disasters." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 41, S1 (2013): 80–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jlme.12046.

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When a disaster occurs, adults over age 65 may be disproportionately impacted due to sensory deficits, chronic health conditions, diminished social support and isolation, and financial limitations. Although older adults comprised approximately 15 percent of the New Orleans population, they accounted for over 70 percent of the fatalities associated with Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Disasters can also impact older adults’ morbidity, as a disaster may disrupt established habits and routines (e.g., timing of medication administration) and result in removal from a familiar environment, promoting disorientation. This may raise particular challenges for older adults with mental and physical co-morbidities, and subsequently for their formal and informal caregivers.While some older adults may need care for physical health problems following a disaster, mental health needs are often overlooked or unmet. One study of Hurricane Katrina survivors found that, compared to older adults, middle-aged individuals were twice as likely to have received mental health services in the eight months after the hurricane.

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Usdin, Linda. "Building resiliency and supporting distributive leadership post-disaster." International Journal of Leadership in Public Services 10, no. 3 (2014): 157–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijlps-07-2014-0010.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe leadership, decision making and other community characteristics that support community resiliency following disasters. Design/methodology/approach – Literature review and case study based on participant observation in nine years post-Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Findings – Effective leaders promote community resiliency using democratic, diffused decision making, stressing intra-dependence and promoting individual agency and locally-informed decisions. They build upon local networks and cultural bonds – not waiting for disaster but continuously, with flexible readiness framework infused in all efforts. Research limitations/implications – The paper uses New Orleans’ experiences following Hurricane Katrina to explore how leadership, decision making and other community characteristics can promote resiliency post-disaster – case study extrapolating from one disaster and relevant literature to understand role of leaders in community recovery/re-design. Practical implications – Changes in global economic and environmental conditions, population growth and urban migration challenge capacity of communities to thrive. Leadership and decision making are hub of wheel in crises, so understanding how leaders promote community resiliency is essential. Social implications – Disasters create breakdowns as functioning of all systems that maintain community are overwhelmed and increased demands exceed wounded capacity. Eventually, immediate struggle to limit impact gives way to longer process of re-designing key systems for improved functionality. What contributes to differing abilities of communities to reboot? How can we use understanding of what contributes to that differential ability to prepare and respond more effectively to disasters? Originality/value – Hurricane Katrina was a uniquely devastating urban event – causing re-design and re-building of every major system. Almost ten years post-hurricane, rebuilding process has provided key lessons about effective leadership and community resiliency post-disaster.

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Saketkoo LA, Lesley Ann, Kelly Jensen, Dimitra Nikoletou, et al. "Sarcoidosis Illuminations on Living During COVID-19: Patient Experiences of Diagnosis, Management, and Survival Before and During the Pandemic." Journal of Patient Experience 9 (January 2022): 237437352210755. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23743735221075556.

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Background: Inspired by intense challenges encountered by patients and clinicians, we examined the experiences of living with sarcoidosis in three of the hardest impacted English-speaking cities during the early COVID-19 pandemic: London, New Orleans, and New York. Methods: A multi-disciplinary, multi-national research team including 6 patient leaders conducted qualitative investigations with analyses rooted in grounded theory. Recruitment occurred by self-referral through patient advocacy groups. Results: A total of 28 people living with sarcoidosis participated. The majority of patients had multi-system and severe sarcoidosis. Dominant themes were consistent across groups with differences expressed in spirituality and government and health systems. Racial, gender, and able-bodied inequity were voiced regarding healthcare access and intervention, societal interactions, and COVID-19 exposure and contraction. Agreement regarding extreme disruption in care and communication created concern for disability and survival. Concerns of COVID-19 exposure triggering new sarcoidosis cases or exacerbating established sarcoidosis were expressed. Pre-COVID-19 impediments in sarcoidosis healthcare delivery, medical knowledge, and societal burdens were intensified during the pandemic. Conversely, living with sarcoidosis cultivated personal and operational preparedness for navigating the practicalities and uncertainties of the pandemic. Optimism prevailed that knowledge of sarcoidosis, respiratory, and multi-organ diseases could provide pathways for COVID-19-related therapy and support; however, remorse was expressed regarding pandemic circumstances to draw long-awaited attention to multi-organ system and respiratory conditions. Conclusion: Participants expressed concepts warranting infrastructural and scientific attention. This framework reflects pre- and intra-pandemic voiced needs in sarcoidosis and may be an agent of sensitization and strategy for other serious health conditions. A global query into sarcoidosis will be undertaken.

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Kondo, Michelle C., Erica Felker-Kantor, Kimberly Wu, et al. "Stress and Distress during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Neighborhood Context." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 5 (2022): 2779. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052779.

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Neighborhoods play a central role in health and mental health, particularly during disasters and crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. We examined changes in psychological distress following the pandemic, and the potential role of neighborhood conditions among 244 residents of New Orleans, Louisiana. Using modified linear regression models, we assessed associations between neighborhood characteristics and change in psychological distress from before to during the pandemic, testing effect modification by sex and social support. While higher density of offsite alcohol outlets (β = 0.89; 95% CI: 0.52, 1.23), assault rate (β = 0.14; 95% CI: 0.03, 0.24), and walkable streets (β = 0.05; 95% CI: 0.02, 0.07) in neighborhoods were associated with an increase in distress, access to neighborhood parks (β = −0.03; 95% CI: −0.05, −0.01), collective efficacy (β = −0.23; 95% CI: −0.35, −0.09), and homicide rate (β = −1.2; 95% CI: −1.8, −0.6) were associated with reduced distress related to the pandemic. These relationships were modified by sex and social support. Findings revealed the important but complicated relationship between psychological distress and neighborhood characteristics. While a deeper understanding of the neighborhoods’ role in distress is needed, interventions that target neighborhood environments to ameliorate or prevent the residents’ distress may be important not only during crisis situations.

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Abbas, Abbas. "Description of the American Community of John Steinbeck’s Adventure in Novel Travels with Charley in Search of America 1960s." PIONEER: Journal of Language and Literature 12, no. 2 (2020): 173. http://dx.doi.org/10.36841/pioneer.v12i2.738.

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This article aims at describing the social life of the American people in several places that made the adventures of John Steinbeck as the author of the novel Travels with Charley in Search of America around the 1960s. American people’s lives are a part of world civilizations that literary readers need to know. This adventure was preceded by an author’s trip in New York City, then to California, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, New Jersey, Saint Lawrence, Quebec, Niagara Falls, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, Michigan, North Dakota, the Rocky Mountains, Washington, the West Coast, Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, New Orleans, Salinas, and again ended in New York. In processing research data, the writer uses one of the methods of literary research, namely the Dynamic Structural Approach which emphasizes the study of the intrinsic elements of literary work and the involvement of the author in his work. The intrinsic elements emphasized in this study are the physical and social settings. The research data were obtained from the results of a literature study which were then explained descriptively. The writer found a number of descriptions of the social life of the American people in the 1960s, namely the life of the city, the situation of the inland people, and ethnic discrimination. The people of the city are busy taking care of their profession and competing for careers, inland people living naturally without competing ambitions, and black African Americans have not enjoyed the progress achieved by the Americans. The description of American society related to the fictional story is divided by region, namely east, north, middle, west, and south. The social condition in the eastern region is dominated by beaches and mountains, and is engaged in business, commerce, industry, and agriculture. The comfortable landscape in the northern region spends the people time as breeders and farmers. The natural condition in the middle region of American is very suitable for agriculture, plantations, and animal husbandry. Many people in the western American region facing the Pacific Ocean become fishermen. The natural conditions from the plains and valleys to the hills make the southern region suitable for plantation land.

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Grimsley, L. F., J. Wildfire, M. Lichtveld, et al. "Few Associations Found between Mold and Other Allergen Concentrations in the Home versus Skin Sensitivity from Children with Asthma after Hurricane Katrina in the Head-Off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana Study." International Journal of Pediatrics 2012 (2012): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/427358.

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Mold and other allergen exposures exacerbate asthma symptoms in sensitized individuals. We evaluated allergen concentrations, skin test sensitivities, and asthma morbidity for 182 children, aged 4–12 years, with moderate to severe asthma, enrolled 18 months after Katrina, from the city of New Orleans and the surrounding parishes that were impacted by the storm, into the Head-off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana (HEAL) observational study. Dust (indoor) and air (indoor and outdoor) samples were collected at baseline of 6 and 12 months. Dust samples were evaluated for dust mite, cockroach, mouse, andAlternariaby immunoassay. Air samples were evaluated for airborne mold spore concentrations. Overall, 89% of the children tested positive to ≥1 indoor allergen, with allergen-specific sensitivities ranging from 18% to 67%. Allergen concentration was associated with skin sensitivity for 1 of 10 environmental triggers analyzed (cat). Asthma symptom days did not differ with skin test sensitivity, and surprisingly, increased symptoms were observed in children whose baseline indoor airborne mold concentrations were below median levels. This association was not observed in follow-up assessments. The lack of relationship among allergen levels (including mold), sensitivities, and asthma symptoms points to the complexity of attempting to assess these associations during rapidly changing social and environmental conditions.

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Edmundson, Elizabeth, Guy S. Parcel, Cheryl L. Perry, et al. "The Effects of the Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health Intervention on Psychosocial Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Behavior among Third-Grade Students." American Journal of Health Promotion 10, no. 3 (1996): 217–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.4278/0890-1171-10.3.217.

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Purpose. The Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health is a multi-site study of a school-based intervention designed to reduce or prevent the development of risk factors for cardiovascular disease. The goal was to change (or prevent) related risk behaviors and the psychosocial variables that theoretically influence those behaviors. Design. A nested design was used in which schools served as the primary unit of analysis. Twenty-four schools participated at each of four sites (Austin, San Diego, Minneapolis, and New Orleans). Each site had 10 control and 14 intervention schools. Setting and Subject. Ninety-six schools (with more than 6000 students) in the four sites were randomized to three treatment conditions: control, school-based interventions, and school-plus-family interventions. The sample included approximately equal numbers of males and females and was 67.5% white, 13.9% African-American, 13.9% Hispanic, and 4.7% other. Measures. The psychosocial determinants measured included improvements in dietary knowledge, intentions, self-efficacy, usual behavior, perceived social reinforcement for healthy food choices, and perceived reinforcement and self-efficacy for physical activity. Results. The findings indicated significant improvements in all the psychosocial determinants measured (p < .0001). The results revealed a greater impact in the school-plus-family intervention schools for two determinants, usual dietary behavior and intentions to eat heart-healthy foods. Conclusions. These findings support theory-based interventions for changing selected psychosocial determinants of cardiovascular disease risk behavior among children.

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Nicklas, Theresa A., Carolyn C. Johnson, Rosanne Farris, Rochelle Rice, Lisa Lyon, and Runhua Shi. "Development of a School-Based Nutrition Intervention for High School Students: Gimme 5." American Journal of Health Promotion 11, no. 5 (1997): 315–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.4278/0890-1171-11.5.315.

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Purpose. To describe a 4-year intervention targeting fruit/vegetable consumption by high school students. Design. This is a cohort study involving six pairs of schools (n = 12) matched on gender, race, enrollment, and location with schools randomly assigned within pairs to intervention or control conditions. Setting. Twelve Archdiocese of New Orleans high schools. Subjects. Cohort was defined as students (n = 2339) who were ninth-graders in the 1993–94 school year who provided baseline data. Intervention. Four components of the intervention are: (1) school-wide media-marketing campaign, (2) school-wide meal and snack modification, (3) classroom workshops and supplementary subject matter activities, and (4) parental involvement. Measures. Focus groups were conducted for target population input and program development. Process evaluation included student feedback on media-marketing intervention materials and activities reported here. Process measures also included school meal participation, student characteristics, and verification of intervention activities. Results. Focus groups indentified barriers to increased consumption of fruit and vegetables as lack of availability, variety, and inconsistency in taste. Student attitudes were favorable regarding a school program to improve diet and parental involvement. Low consumption of fruits/vegetables was reported. After a 2-month school-wide program introduction utilizing various media-marketing materials and activities, 93% of students were aware of the program and 96% could identify the healthy eating message. Conclusions. Program development can be guided and enriched by student input via focus groups. Media-marketing activities effectively delivered health messages and attracted students' attention. Materials and activities used were acceptable channels for increasing awareness, positive attitudes, and knowledge about fruits/vegetables.

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Beiter, Kaylin J., Ross P. Wiedemann, Casey L. Thomas, and Erich J. Conrad. "Alcohol Consumption and COVID-19–Related Stress Among Health Care Workers: The Need for Continued Stress-Management Interventions." Public Health Reports 137, no. 2 (2022): 326–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00333549211058176.

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Objectives: Although a known association exists between stress and alcohol consumption among health care workers (HCWs), it is not known how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected this association. We assessed pandemic work-related stress and alcohol consumption of HCWs. Methods: We emailed a cross-sectional, anonymous survey in June 2020 to approximately 550 HCWs at an academic hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana. HCWs from all departments were eligible to complete the survey. Questions measured work-related stress and emotional reactions to the pandemic (using the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome [MERS-CoV] Staff Questionnaire), depressive symptoms (using the Patient Health Questionnaire–9 [PHQ-9]), coping habits (using the Brief COPE scale), and pre–COVID-19 (March 2020) and current (June 2020) alcohol consumption. We measured alcohol consumption using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test–Consumption (AUDIT–C), with scores >3 considered positive. We asked 4 open-ended questions for in-depth analysis. Results: One-hundred two HCWs participated in the survey. The average AUDIT–C scores for current and pre–COVID-19 alcohol consumption were 3.1 and 2.8, respectively. The level of current alcohol consumption was associated with avoidant coping (r = 0.46, P < .001). Relative increases in alcohol consumption from March to June 2020 were positively associated with PHQ-9 score and greater emotional reactions to the pandemic. Availability of mental health services was ranked second to last among desired supports. Qualitative data demonstrated high levels of work-related stress from potential exposure to COVID-19 and job instability, as well as social isolation and negative effects of the pandemic on their work environment. Conclusions: Ongoing prevention-based interventions that emphasize stress management rather than mental or behavioral health conditions are needed.

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Daly, Erin Moore. "New Orleans, Invisible City." Nature and Culture 1, no. 2 (2006): 133–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/155860706780608670.

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This article explores the hidden, suppressed elements of New Orleans leading up to and immediately following Hurricane Katrina. The article is juxtaposed with excerpts from Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities in order to provide a lens through which to ask questions not typically raised by government officials, city planners, and science and technology experts. This uncovers aspects of New Orleans that must not be overlooked in the rebuilding process. If policy, culture, and technology render aspects of New Orleans invisible, then only by revealing these aspects can one ascertain the truth of the city.

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Colten, Craig E., and Amy R. Sumpter. "Social memory and resilience in New Orleans." Natural Hazards 48, no. 3 (2008): 355–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-008-9267-x.

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Van Loon, Joost, and Simon Charlesworth. "Disastrous Social Theory—Lessons From New Orleans." Space and Culture 9, no. 1 (2006): 7–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1206331205283738.

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Gotham, Kevin Fox. "Destination New Orleans." Journal of Consumer Culture 7, no. 3 (2007): 305–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1469540507085254.

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Fussell, Elizabeth. "Hurricane Chasers in New Orleans." Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences 31, no. 3 (2009): 375–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0739986309339735.

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Marina, Peter. "Buskers of New Orleans: Transgressive Sociology in the Urban Underbelly." Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 47, no. 3 (2016): 306–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0891241616657873.

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This article is based on extensive ethnographic research involving living and working on the urban fringes of the postindustrial, tourist-intensive economy of New Orleans. As this late modern metropolis has experienced great structural transformations, and as new urban dwellers have emerged with their own unique cultural solutions to the structural problems posed in late modernity, this work captures the culture of urban dwellers living on the social periphery of New Orleans. The analysis reveals the less-seen spaces of New Orleans, intimately depicting the social life of the new creative urban buskers through sociological analysis and reflexive ethnographic interpretation. Revealing the underbelly of New Orleans requires not only traditional interviews and participant observation but also full immersion into the subcultures of buskers through my performing on the streets with buskers in the tourist economy as they carve out creative and transgressive lives on the urban fringes.

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Robertson, Sara. "Sights, sounds and science in New Orleans." PsyPag Quarterly 1, no. 88 (2013): 15–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.53841/bpspag.2013.1.88.15.

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Scheck, Anne. "In New Orleans, EPs Still Work in Dire Conditions." Emergency Medicine News 28, no. 5 (2006): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00132981-200605000-00001.

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Lopez, Mark J., and Dudley P. Spiller. "The New Orleans Jail Litigation (1969-1991." Prison Journal 70, no. 2 (1990): 50–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/003288559007000205.

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Michna, Catherine. "Performance and Cross-Racial Storytelling in Post-Katrina New Orleans: Interviews with John O'Neal, Carol Bebelle, and Nicholas Slie." TDR/The Drama Review 57, no. 1 (2013): 48–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/dram_a_00234.

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Interviews with three leading community-engaged theatre makers in New Orleans underscore why practices of public storytelling became crucial to the work of artists in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Connecting their work to New Orleans' heritage of African American neighborhood-based cultural performance traditions, O'Neal, Bebelle, and Slie emphasize the importance of cross-racial and cross-generational collaboration for generating theatre practices that are part of a collective struggle for pluralistic, democratic social change.

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Uwakonye, Matthew, Gbolahan S. Osho, Onochie Jude Dieli, and Michael Adams. "Economic and Social Impacts of Public Schools Management on the City of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana." Journal of Public Management Research 6, no. 2 (2020): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jpmr.v6i2.17359.

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Poverty, illiteracy, and crimes are key factors that commonly lead to poor performance in public schools in many inner cities. Without an adequate solution to eradicate these issues, a city could propel towards a path to destruction. Over the past decade, the city of New Orleans, which is known for its exotic party atmosphere, has been crippled by its failing school system, as well as increasing crime and poverty rates. New Orleans has eagerly strived to improve its social stature, but there are several issues that affect the performance of the public school system. Several research studies have shown that strong education is the key to both economic growth and crime rate reduction. Within the city of New Orleans, it is often realized that the management of the public school system has a major impact on the student’s success rate. Statistics shown that within the recent years, tests scores have been continuously lower, crime has been higher than expected, and the teacher’s salary has been unsatisfactory. This prompts the question of whether there are significant associations between social economic factors and public school performance in inner city such as New Orleans. Hence, this current research will attempt to examine factors contributing to public school performance in New Orleans.

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Rayburn, Rachel L., Heili Pals, and James D. Wright. "Death, Drugs, and Disaster: Mortality Among New Orleans’ Homeless." Care Management Journals 13, no. 1 (2012): 8–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1521-0987.13.1.8.

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Tracking homeless individuals over time has proved to be extremely difficult; thus, only limited longitudinal data on the homeless exist. We analyze longitudinal data originally collected from the New Orleans Homeless Substance Abusers Program in 1991–1993, supplemented with mortality data for the same sample by year 2010. We use social bonding theory to examine the effect of conventional social ties on mortality among a sample of substance abusing homeless people. This is of special concern when researching the older homeless persons. We find that social bonding theory does not help to understand mortality among this population. However, alcohol abuse, as compared to crack cocaine, does increase the likelihood of early mortality.

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Huffstutler, E. W. "The McFarland Institute, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana." Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy 9, no. 1-2 (1999): 59–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j080v09n01_07.

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Ledeen, Michael A. "The heart and conscience of New Orleans." Society 43, no. 1 (2005): 6–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02687348.

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Dunlap, Eloise, Bruce D. Johnson, and Edward Morse. "Illicit Drug Markets among New Orleans Evacuees before and Soon after Hurricane Katrina." Journal of Drug Issues 37, no. 4 (2007): 981–1006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002204260703700411.

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This paper analyzes illicit drug markets in New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina and access to drug markets following evacuation at many locations and in Houston. Among New Orleans arrestees pre-Katrina, rates of crack and heroin use and market participation was comparable to New York and higher than in other southern cities. Both cities have vigorous outdoor drug markets. Over 100 New Orleans evacuees provide rich accounts describing the illicit markets in New Orleans and elsewhere. The flooding of New Orleans disrupted the city's flourishing drug markets, both during and immediately after the storm. Drug supplies, though limited, were never completely unavailable. Subjects reported that alcohol or drugs were not being used in the Houston Astrodome, and it was a supportive environment. Outside the Astrodome, they were often approached by or could easily locate middlemen and drug sellers. Evacuees could typically access illegal drug markets wherever they went. This paper analyzes the impact of a major disaster upon users of illegal drugs and the illegal drug markets in New Orleans and among the diaspora of New Orleans evacuees following Hurricane Katrina. This analysis includes data from criminal justice sources that specify what the drug markets were like before this disaster occurred. This analysis also includes some comparison cities where no disaster occurred, but which help inform the similarities and differences in drug markets in other cities. The data presented also include an initial analysis of ethnographic interview data from over 100 New Orleans Evacuees recruited in New Orleans and Houston.

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Laska, Shirley, and Betty Hearn Morrow. "Social Vulnerabilities and Hurricane Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster in New Orleans." Marine Technology Society Journal 40, no. 4 (2006): 16–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.4031/002533206787353123.

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Social science research on natural disasters documents how a natural hazard such as a hurricane becomes a disaster through social processes and social structures that place human populations in general, and certain segments in particular, at risk. After a description of Hurricane Katrina and its impact, we describe how patterns of land development, and the economic and political history of New Orleans, set the stage for this disaster. An overview of past research findings on the relationship between citizen vulnerability and poverty, minority status, age and disability, gender and tenancy is followed by evidence of the extent to which each risk factor was present in the pre-Katrina New Orleans population. The authors then cite evidence of how social vulnerability influenced outcomes at various stages of the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe, including mitigation, preparation, evacuation, storm impacts, and recovery. The concluding section discusses how the goal of disaster resilient communities cannot be reached until basic issues of inequality and social justice are addressed.

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Constable, Mark. "Disaster mythology: looting in New Orleans." Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal 17, no. 4 (2008): 519–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09653560810901764.

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Morgan Parmett, Helen. "Space, Place, and New Orleans on Television." Television & New Media 13, no. 3 (2011): 193–212. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1527476411421351.

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This article compares the HBO series Treme to an earlier television series that was also set in the Tremé neighborhood— Frank’s Place. I suggest that whereas for Frank’s Place, media scholars’ emphasis on the show’s representational practices of race and place was entirely appropriate, these questions are not sufficient to make sense of Treme. The latter enjoins media scholars to ask a different set of questions that examine both the show’s practices within the city as well as the city’s practices that implicate the show. Specifically, I suggest that the show requires an analysis of labor and hiring practices, tourism, and corporate social responsibility in the city. In so doing, I propose considering Treme not in terms of its representational practices, but rather, as a set of spatial practices bound up with the material production of city space as well as its citizen-subjects.

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Schneider, Aaron. "SHIPYARD WORKERS, NEW ORLEANS, AND U.S. DEMOCRACY." Revista Debates 6, no. 1 (2012): 189. http://dx.doi.org/10.22456/1982-5269.25648.

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Esse estudo explora a engajamento cívico dos trabalhadores do estaleiro Avondale na fronteira de New Orleans. Os trabalhadores de Avondale ganham uma renda decente, compram em empresas locais, associam-se a grupos cívicos e apóiam essas organizações com liderança, contribuições e engajamento cívico. Este engajamento constrói o capital social que mantém a comunidade, ensinando pessoas a pensar no bem público, e impulsionando-os a procurar informação política. Como líderes da comunidade, os trabalhadores de Avondale compartilham esta informação com familiares, amigos e outros trabalhadores, e constróem o sentimento de que podem participar efetivamente na vida pública. São engajados politicamente, votam apresentando altas taxas deste tipo de participação e participam na vida democrática. Os trabalhadores têm claro de onde vem seu ativismo – a luta e vitória de representação sindical no estaleiro. Esta luta foi difícil e ensinou aos trabalhadores entrelaçar seu futuro cívico com o futuro da comunidade. Também assegurou benefícios materiais de renda e estabilidade no emprego que possibilitou aos trabalhadores planejar para uma vida de crescente produtividade, renda e avanço geracional.

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Hawkins, Robert L. "Outsider in: Race, Attraction, and Research in New Orleans." Qualitative Inquiry 16, no. 4 (2009): 249–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077800409351972.

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George, Courtney. "Keeping It “Reals”." Television & New Media 13, no. 3 (2011): 225–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1527476411423674.

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This article argues that David Simon’s HBO series Treme engages with scholarly debates about the historical narratives of the New Orleans jazz tradition by suggesting that there is not one authentic narrative but instead many conflicting narratives. Through the characters of Antoine Batiste, Delmond Lambreaux, Davis McAlary, and Sonny and Annie, Treme questions how race and class segregation and the outsider tourist consumption of New Orleans music have affected the production and perceptions of jazz. Through these complex depictions that are both fictionalized and historicized, I argue that Treme meditates on the overall nature of authenticity as both pluralistic and subjective, while creating television performances that offer meaningful commentary about social and political narratives in post-Katrina New Orleans.

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Rendall, Michael S. "Breakup of New Orleans Households After Hurricane Katrina." Journal of Marriage and Family 73, no. 3 (2011): 654–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00837.x.

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Malik, Momin, and Jürgen Pfeffer. "Identifying Platform Effects in Social Media Data." Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media 10, no. 1 (2016): 241–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v10i1.14756.

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Even when external researchers have access to social media data, they are not privy to decisions that went into platform design—including the measurement and testing that goes into deploying new platform features, such as recommender systems, seeking to shape user behavior towards desirable ends. Finding ways to identify platform effects is thus important both for generalizing findings, as well as understanding the nature of platform usage. One approach is to find temporal data covering the introduction of a new feature; observing differences in behavior before and after allow us to estimate the effect of the change. We investigate platform effects using two such datasets, the Netflix Prize dataset and the Facebook New Orleans data, in which we observe seeming discontinuities in user behavior but that we know or suspect are the result of a change in platform design. For the Netflix Prize, we estimate user ratings changing by an average of about 3% after the change, and in Facebook New Orleans, we find that the introduction of the ‘People You May Know’ feature locally nearly doubled the average number of edges added daily, and increased by 63% the average proportion of triangles created by each new edge. Our work empirically verifies several previously expressed theoretical concerns, and gives insight into the magnitude and variety of platform effects.

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Gray, Herman. "Recovered, Reinvented, Reimagined." Television & New Media 13, no. 3 (2012): 268–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1527476411435421.

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This article explores the role of scripted cable television in the making and remaking of place in the conjuncture of postdisaster crisis and the neoliberal transformation of urban space. I suggest that Treme contributes to the remaking of New Orleans by engaging conceptions of authenticity, dwelling on the elements of cuisine, music, and diversity that mark New Orleans as distinctive, and highlighting individual enterprise as a condition of possibility for remaking post-Katrina New Orleans. I also suggest that because it makes for compelling quality television and provides badly needed publicity and temporary economic stimulus for the local economy, Treme, the show and the HBO production, through no fault of its own, displaces critical engagement with public policy choices and state-centered redress for economic, cultural, and social injustice and inequality.

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Holman, Mirya R., and J. Celeste Lay. "How Katrina Shaped Trust and Efficacy in New Orleans." Forum 18, no. 1 (2020): 117–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/for-2020-1006.

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AbstractIn 2005, Hurricane Katrina led to substantial demographic changes in New Orleans. The city lost large numbers of its African American population and became more diverse with the arrival of more Latino migrants and more highly educated, affluent white newcomers. Demographic change has the potential to depress political trust, efficacy, and trust in others. In this essay, we show that more than 10 years after Katrina, neither white nor Black New Orleanians trust local or national government. Black residents, particularly Black women, are generally more distrustful of their neighbors, whites, Latinos, and newcomers in the city. White newcomers are more efficacious and trusting than pre-Katrina white residents. These findings provide more evidence for the thesis that race and place shape trust and that Katrina continues to have an impact on New Orleans in distinctly racialized ways.

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Lee, Ana Paulina. "Memoryscapes of Race: Black Radical Parading Cultures of New Orleans." TDR/The Drama Review 61, no. 2 (2017): 71–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/dram_a_00648.

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In New Orleans, Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs and Mardi Gras Indian parades transmit histories of “coming out” from devaluing practices of exclusion. These performances make apparent the city’s memoryscapes of race, the geographical dimensions of cultural memory that play a critical role in confrontations with regimes of racial formation and representation.

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Rodin, Judith. "Social Innovation, Civic Infrastructure, and Rebuilding New Orleans from the Inside Out." Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization 5, no. 3 (2010): 13–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/inov_a_00023.

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Rosario-Moore, Alexios. "OneApp, Many Considerations: Black Social Capital and School Choice in New Orleans." Souls 17, no. 3-4 (2015): 231–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10999949.2015.1127105.

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Luft, Rachel E. "Beyond Disaster Exceptionalism: Social Movement Developments in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina." American Quarterly 61, no. 3 (2009): 499–527. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/aq.2009.a317270.

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Sakakeeny, Matt. "Privatization, Marketization, and Neoliberalism—The Political Dynamics of Post-Katrina New Orleans." Perspectives on Politics 10, no. 3 (2012): 723–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s153759271200093x.

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Hurricane Katrina was a “disaster” both “natural” and “social.” The storm destroyed a major American city that, like most American cities, was already the site of great inequality and vulnerability. It also dramatically put to the test both the logistical capabilities and the political responsibilities of national, state, and local governmental institutions. The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans is an important collection of essays on the dynamics of “remaking New Orleans” and the limits of that effort. We have thus asked a diverse group of political scientists to review the book, and at the same time to treat it as an opportunity to reflect on two related questions: 1) What are the most important economic, cultural, and political dimensions of the crisis precipitated by Katrina, both for New Orleans and for US cities more generally? 2) What resources does political science as a discipline possess to help us understand these issues, and can political science as a discipline do a better job on this score?—Jeffrey C. Issac, Editor

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Farrar, Margaret E. "Privatization, Marketization, and Neoliberalism—The Political Dynamics of Post-Katrina New Orleans." Perspectives on Politics 10, no. 3 (2012): 709–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1537592712000990.

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Hurricane Katrina was a “disaster” both “natural” and “social.” The storm destroyed a major American city that, like most American cities, was already the site of great inequality and vulnerability. It also dramatically put to the test both the logistical capabilities and the political responsibilities of national, state, and local governmental institutions. The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans is an important collection of essays on the dynamics of “remaking New Orleans” and the limits of that effort. We have thus asked a diverse group of political scientists to review the book, and at the same time to treat it as an opportunity to reflect on two related questions: 1) What are the most important economic, cultural, and political dimensions of the crisis precipitated by Katrina, both for New Orleans and for US cities more generally? 2) What resources does political science as a discipline possess to help us understand these issues, and can political science as a discipline do a better job on this score?—Jeffrey C. Issac, Editor

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Trounstine, Jessica L. "Privatization, Marketization, and Neoliberalism—The Political Dynamics of Post-Katrina New Orleans." Perspectives on Politics 10, no. 3 (2012): 711–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1537592712001004.

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Hurricane Katrina was a “disaster” both “natural” and “social.” The storm destroyed a major American city that, like most American cities, was already the site of great inequality and vulnerability. It also dramatically put to the test both the logistical capabilities and the political responsibilities of national, state, and local governmental institutions. The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans is an important collection of essays on the dynamics of “remaking New Orleans” and the limits of that effort. We have thus asked a diverse group of political scientists to review the book, and at the same time to treat it as an opportunity to reflect on two related questions: 1) What are the most important economic, cultural, and political dimensions of the crisis precipitated by Katrina, both for New Orleans and for US cities more generally? 2) What resources does political science as a discipline possess to help us understand these issues, and can political science as a discipline do a better job on this score?—Jeffrey C. Issac, Editor

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Schneider, Aaron. "Privatization, Marketization, and Neoliberalism—The Political Dynamics of Post-Katrina New Orleans." Perspectives on Politics 10, no. 3 (2012): 718–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1537592712001016.

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Hurricane Katrina was a “disaster” both “natural” and “social.” The storm destroyed a major American city that, like most American cities, was already the site of great inequality and vulnerability. It also dramatically put to the test both the logistical capabilities and the political responsibilities of national, state, and local governmental institutions. The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans is an important collection of essays on the dynamics of “remaking New Orleans” and the limits of that effort. We have thus asked a diverse group of political scientists to review the book, and at the same time to treat it as an opportunity to reflect on two related questions: 1) What are the most important economic, cultural, and political dimensions of the crisis precipitated by Katrina, both for New Orleans and for US cities more generally? 2) What resources does political science as a discipline possess to help us understand these issues, and can political science as a discipline do a better job on this score?—Jeffrey C. Issac, Editor

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Williamson, Thad. "Privatization, Marketization, and Neoliberalism—The Political Dynamics of Post-Katrina New Orleans." Perspectives on Politics 10, no. 3 (2012): 720–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1537592712001132.

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Hurricane Katrina was a “disaster” both “natural” and “social.” The storm destroyed a major American city that, like most American cities, was already the site of great inequality and vulnerability. It also dramatically put to the test both the logistical capabilities and the political responsibilities of national, state, and local governmental institutions. The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans is an important collection of essays on the dynamics of “remaking New Orleans” and the limits of that effort. We have thus asked a diverse group of political scientists to review the book, and at the same time to treat it as an opportunity to reflect on two related questions: 1) What are the most important economic, cultural, and political dimensions of the crisis precipitated by Katrina, both for New Orleans and for US cities more generally? 2) What resources does political science as a discipline possess to help us understand these issues, and can political science as a discipline do a better job on this score?—Jeffrey C. Issac, Editor

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Coyne, Christopher J. "Privatization, Marketization, and Neoliberalism—The Political Dynamics of Post-Katrina New Orleans." Perspectives on Politics 10, no. 3 (2012): 713–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1537592712001363.

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Hurricane Katrina was a “disaster” both “natural” and “social.” The storm destroyed a major American city that, like most American cities, was already the site of great inequality and vulnerability. It also dramatically put to the test both the logistical capabilities and the political responsibilities of national, state, and local governmental institutions. The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans is an important collection of essays on the dynamics of “remaking New Orleans” and the limits of that effort. We have thus asked a diverse group of political scientists to review the book, and at the same time to treat it as an opportunity to reflect on two related questions: 1) What are the most important economic, cultural, and political dimensions of the crisis precipitated by Katrina, both for New Orleans and for US cities more generally? 2) What resources does political science as a discipline possess to help us understand these issues, and can political science as a discipline do a better job on this score?—Jeffrey C. Issac, Editor

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Manalansan, Martin F. "Privatization, Marketization, and Neoliberalism—The Political Dynamics of Post-Katrina New Orleans." Perspectives on Politics 10, no. 3 (2012): 716–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1537592712001582.

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Hurricane Katrina was a “disaster” both “natural” and “social.” The storm destroyed a major American city that, like most American cities, was already the site of great inequality and vulnerability. It also dramatically put to the test both the logistical capabilities and the political responsibilities of national, state, and local governmental institutions. The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans is an important collection of essays on the dynamics of “remaking New Orleans” and the limits of that effort. We have thus asked a diverse group of political scientists to review the book, and at the same time to treat it as an opportunity to reflect on two related questions: 1) What are the most important economic, cultural, and political dimensions of the crisis precipitated by Katrina, both for New Orleans and for US cities more generally? 2) What resources does political science as a discipline possess to help us understand these issues, and can political science as a discipline do a better job on this score?—Jeffrey C. Issac, Editor

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Friedlander, Jonathan. "Middle Eastern Americana: Beyond Orientalism." International Journal of Middle East Studies 41, no. 3 (2009): 362–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0020743809091077.

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From a float decorated as their ibis-headed Egyptian namesake, tarboosh-topped members of the Krewe of Thoth toss trinkets to happy throngs along St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. The occasion is Mardi Gras—not a day but a season in this legendary American city. Along with Thoth parade the krewes (social clubs) of Babylon, Isis, and Cleopatra, among others, the last group winding through Algiers, the second-oldest neighborhood in New Orleans, on the west bank of the Mississippi across from the French Quarter.

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